Reforms and External Imbalances : The Labor-Productivity Connection in the Middle East and North Africa / Rabah Arezki

Von:

Arezki, Rabah [aut]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Buch (Online)Sprache: Englisch Reihen: World Bank E-Library Archive | Middle East and North Africa Economic UpdateVerlag: Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2019Beschreibung: 1 Online-Ressource (55 pages)ISBN:

9781464814082
9781464814082

Schlagwörter:

Andere physische Formen: 9781464814082 | Erscheint auch als: 9781464814082 Druck-AusgabeDOI: DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-1408-2Online-Ressourcen:

Zusammenfassung: World Bank economists expect GDP growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to continueat a modest pace of 1.5 percent in 2019, slightly down from 1.6 percent in 2018. The declme reflectsa contraction in one large economy, which more than offsets growth in other countries. In the mediumterm, the World Bank expects real GDP in the MENA to grow at 3.4 percent and 2.7 percent in 2020and 2021, respectively. The expected upswing is partially driven by ongoing policy reforms, as wellas reconstruction efforts in some countries. However, MENA's modest recovery will be insufficientto change its historically low growth in per capita GDP. External factors are unlikely to pull the regionout of its low-growth equilibrium. In addition, many countries in the region have persistent currentaccount deficits. A recent deterioration in external balances across MENA constrained the region'sability to finance these deficits. Although the region has a low risk of experiencing sudden reversalsin capital inflows in the short run, structural reforms capable of raising aggregate labor productivityare urgently needed to gradually reduce external imbalances. The report concludes by providingexamples of reforms in fiscal policies, trade-related policies, social protection and labor markets, andstate-owned enterprises (SOEs) in network industriesPPN: PPN: 1774287811Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBO

Exemplare ( 0 )
Titelinformationen ( 2 )

Dieser Titel hat keine Exemplare

Namensnennung 3.0 IGO CC BY 3.0 IGO cc:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/