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Progress in Public Management in the Middle East and North Africa
Arab States, E-Governance, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, Political Parties, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationArab states have been actively reforming public management systems over the past five years. There are pockets of good practice that, if adopted by all countries in the region, would yield an enabling environment for economic growth and social development. The 300-page report includes country case studies and datasets for nine countries from the region and covers nine topics of public...
Doing Business 2010
Civil Society, Human Rights, Land Governance, Public Administration, Report, Inter-Governmental OrganizationSince 2004 Doing Business has been tracking regulatory reforms aimed at improving the ease of doing business. Despite the challenges presented by the financial crisis, the number of reforms hit a record level this year. Between June 2008 and May 2009, 287 reforms were recorded in 131 economies, 20% more than the year before. Reformers focused on making it easier to start and operate a business,...