-based initiatives in MENA are limited. The disparities between capital cities and lagging areas, and between richer and poorer quarters … MENA countries largely underdelivered, not yielding more sustainable jobs and growth? Although the challenges are many and … in institutional inefficiencies across MENA-urban regulatory frictions, credentialist education systems, centralized …

convergence and subnational divergence. While Slovakia is considered one of the EU's economic stars, it also has some of the union …

Africa (MENA) region. After some background, this note contributes to discussions on energy security within the region by … relevant to the discussion on cooperation for regional integration and their convergence with sustainable development. This …

Africa (MENA) region as an essential step to integrate their economies into the world of 'digital finance and digital economy … development of digital economy in MENA countries. The report is not about intervening in the MENA region through a coordinated … regional strategic plan; rather, it describes what MENA countries should do to modernize their DPS ecosystems, starting from …

The formal private sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) economies needs to play a critical role for the … report - "What's Holding Back the Private Sector in MENA? Lessons from the Enterprise Survey". The report addresses four … issues that are at the heart of private sector development in the MENA region: the general business environment; firm finance …

the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The present study complements the 2009 Energy Sector Management Assistance … countries in MENA can gain most from the energy efficiency (EE) potential and build an enabling environment for enhancing EE … perspectives that can serve as beneficial for the MENA countries. The report focuses primarily on the three most electricity …