Convergence : five critical steps toward integrating lagging and leading areas in the Middle East and North Africa
(Author) World BankThis report presents the five roots of spatial inequity in institutional inefficiencies across MENA--urban regulatory frictions, credentialist education systems, centralized control over local public services, barriers to the spatial mobility of goods and people, and barriers to market entry and lop-sided business environments.
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