The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development

Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the political firestorm that engulfed Tunisia and the wider Middle East and its lessons for a new social contract for development that goes beyond the region itself. He argued for modernizing multilateralism in the Arab World, reformin...

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Main Author:	Zoellick, Robert B.
Format:	Speech
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	CIVIL SOCIETY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SAFETY NETS CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION GENDER EQUALITY ANTICORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION MULTILATERALISM YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JUDICIAL REFORM POLITICAL REPRESSION CORRUPTION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577281521603479230/Speech-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-of-the-World-Bank-Group-at-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-a-new-social-contract-for-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29643

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spelling	okr-10986-296432021-04-23T14:04:53Z The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development Zoellick, Robert B. CIVIL SOCIETY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SAFETY NETS CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION GENDER EQUALITY ANTICORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION MULTILATERALISM YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JUDICIAL REFORM POLITICAL REPRESSION CORRUPTION Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the political firestorm that engulfed Tunisia and the wider Middle East and its lessons for a new social contract for development that goes beyond the region itself. He argued for modernizing multilateralism in the Arab World, reforming international institutions to reflect power shifts in the world. Development economics must be democratized. Investment in the Arab World needs to be more diversified, while the governments increase accountability and reduce corruption and conflict. The new Arab voices are calling for dignity and respect and a series of changes amounting to a new social contract. While the World Bank once steered away from political topics, today our shareholders know that corruption is a drag on economies, strangling opportunity and taxing the poor. Now, anticorruption, gender, and transparency are vital to the practices of the World Bank Group. The upcoming new World Development Report stresses the role of legitimate institutions and governance. Citizen participation matters. Zoellick discussed job creation and safety nets as keys to maintaining development momentum in the region. 2018-04-06T20:24:58Z 2018-04-06T20:24:58Z 2011-04-06 Speech http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/577281521603479230/Speech-by-Robert-B-Zoellick-President-of-the-World-Bank-Group-at-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-a-new-social-contract-for-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29643 English Delivered at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC, April 6, 2011; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Speech Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic	CIVIL SOCIETY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SAFETY NETS CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION GENDER EQUALITY ANTICORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION MULTILATERALISM YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JUDICIAL REFORM POLITICAL REPRESSION CORRUPTION
spellingShingle	CIVIL SOCIETY SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY SAFETY NETS CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT GOVERNANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION GENDER EQUALITY ANTICORRUPTION TRANSPARENCY JOB CREATION POVERTY REDUCTION MULTILATERALISM YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JUDICIAL REFORM POLITICAL REPRESSION CORRUPTION Zoellick, Robert B. The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development
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description	Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the political firestorm that engulfed Tunisia and the wider Middle East and its lessons for a new social contract for development that goes beyond the region itself. He argued for modernizing multilateralism in the Arab World, reforming international institutions to reflect power shifts in the world. Development economics must be democratized. Investment in the Arab World needs to be more diversified, while the governments increase accountability and reduce corruption and conflict. The new Arab voices are calling for dignity and respect and a series of changes amounting to a new social contract. While the World Bank once steered away from political topics, today our shareholders know that corruption is a drag on economies, strangling opportunity and taxing the poor. Now, anticorruption, gender, and transparency are vital to the practices of the World Bank Group. The upcoming new World Development Report stresses the role of legitimate institutions and governance. Citizen participation matters. Zoellick discussed job creation and safety nets as keys to maintaining development momentum in the region.
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title	The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development
title_short	The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development
title_full	The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development
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The Middle East and North Africa : A New Social Contract for Development

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