Building on Progress : Reform and Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9781455244652
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / International Monetary Fund
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Economics; Business/ Management;

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have unprecedented opportunities for transforming their economies through accelerated economic growth, but the countries themselves must ensure the necessary conditions. This study, by the Middle Eastern Department, focuses on four areas that are fundamental to growth-enhancing structural changes: improving the region's investment performance, fiscal reform, financial sector reform, and trade liberalization.

Mohamed A. El-Erian was born on August 19, 1958 in New York City. He is a businessman, and a chief economic adviser at Allianz, a multinational financial services company. He also serves as chair of President Obama's Global Development Council. He is a columnist for Bloomberg View, as well as contributing editor to the Financial Times. He is the author of The Only Game in Town: Central Banks, Instability, and Avoiding the Next Collapse published in January 2016. He has served as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School. He is currently a member of the Harvard Global Advisory Council.

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