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  • Combating Corruption Through Electronic Governance in Least Developed and Post-war Countries

    Afghanistan’s Experience

    This book discusses the role of electronic governance in least developed countries (LDCs) within the context of public finance management and service delivery keeping in view of the experience of Afghanistan. The book includes examples of good practices in electronic public finance management from the international perspective and to what extent they could be applied in LDCs. This book shares the ... Read more

    $102.99 USD

  • Gender and Public Participation in Afghanistan

    Aid, Transparency and Accountability

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book discusses the role of gender and participation within the context of budgeting and planning. Gender and participation are two very closely interconnected issues in these processes, and the author explores how these could better promote accountability and transparency. Through chapters on topics such as access to information and mechanisms for public engagement, gender responsive ... Read more

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    Economic Transitions in the Arab World

    The Arab Spring constitutes perhaps the most far-reaching political and economic transition since the end of communism in Europe. For too long, the economic aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored by leaders in Arab countries and abroad. Competing views as to how best to meet these aspirations are now being debated in the region. The outcome will shape ... Read more

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  • Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt

    From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc.

    Series series Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Politics
    Examining business-state networks in Egypt (1991–2020), this book highlights the complicity of international actors in facilitating inequality and elite capture. Using interdisciplinary methodology, it argues that Western actors promoting market liberalization have served as central partners in enabling elites to capture the fruits of Egypt’s economic reforms.In the years leading up to the 2011 ... Read more

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  • Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey

    Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement in Turkey. Public procurement is one of the main areas where the government and the private sector interact extensively and is thus open to favoritism and corruption. In Turkey, the new Public Procurement Law, which was ... Read more

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  • Public Sector Reform in the Middle East and North Africa

    Lessons of Experience for a Region in Transition

    Critical examinations of efforts to make governments more efficient and responsivePolitical upheavals and civil wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have obscured efforts by many countries in the region to reform their public sectors. Unwieldy, unresponsive-and often corrupt-governments across the region have faced new pressure, not least from their publics, to improve the quality of ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Arab Spring Five Years Later

    Toward Great Inclusiveness

    by Hafez Ghanem ...
    The dilemma felt by Arab youth was captured in Tunisia by the selfimmolation in 2010 of Mohamed Bouazizi, who was frustrated by restrictions on his small street-vending business. His death became the catalyst for revolts throughout the Middle East. The frustration had been building for some time: large segments of society were denied economic progress, while the middle class was squeezed, and ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • From Political to Economic Awakening in the Arab World

    The Path of Economic Integration

    Edited by Jean-Pierre Chauffour ...
    Series series MENA Development Report
    The popular grievances that have fueled the Arab Spring since 2010 demonstrate that past development paradigms have failed to achieve the inclusive and sustainable growth expected by Arab populations. Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have failed to develop a strong private sector that is linked with global markets, survives without state assistance, and generates ... Read more

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  • Improving Municipal Management For Cities To Succeed: An Ieg Special Study

    by World Bank ...
    Cities now house half the world's population and produce 70 percent of its GDP. Managing them well helps development. Strengthening municipal management of planning, finance, and service provision has been at the core of World Bank support through municipal development projects (MDPs). This book reviews how, worldwide, nearly 3,000 municipalities have benefitted from 190 World Bank-supported MDPs ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Third World Citizens and the Information Technology Revolution

    by N. Saleh ...
    Series series Information Technology and Global Governance
    This book challenges the widely-held view that the information technology (IT) revolution has empowered people in the Third World. Tracing the making of the global IT regime, it shows that governments and corporations of the wealthy countries dominated this process, systematically excluding representatives of low-income countries. ... Read more

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  • A Guide To The World Bank, Second Edition

    by World Bank ...
    The World Bank Group is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. Its focus is on helping the poorest people in the poorest countries by using its financial resources, staff, and extensive experience to aid countries in reducing poverty, increasing economic growth, and improving quality of life. In partnership with more than 100 developing ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Grow Rich in the New Africa: Navigating Business Opportunities on the Continent

    by Lauri Elliott ...
    Africa is expected to outperform Asia in growth over in the next five years (2011-15), according to the Economist And, it also projects that seven of the top 10 fastest growing economies in the world come from Africa – Ethiopia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Republic of Congo, Ghana, Zambia, and Nigeria. These numbers are impressive, but they do not reveal the myriad of opportunities and alternative ... Read more

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