The Middle East and North Africa Region of the World Bank produced four regional reports on the occasion of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Dubai in September 2003. These reports - on employment, gender, governance, and trade and investment - are intended to enrich the debate on the major development challenges of the region at the beginning of the 21st century. In March 2007, a regional report on water was also added.
While the region tends to grab political headlines, much less attention is given to the daunting development challenges facing the countries of the region individually and collectively. The region has had a rich development experience over the last five decades, with significant achievements and successes, but with many limitations. The four reports review that experience, explore prospects for the future, and bring to bear the experience of development from the rest of the world, to provide some directions for reform that will unlock the huge potential of the region and its people.
To access the overviews and full texts of the four individual reports, please click on one of the following links:
  Making the Most of Scarcity : Accountability for Better Water Management Results in the Middle East and North Africa  Better Governance for Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Enhancing Inclusiveness and Accountability
 Gender and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Women in the Public Sphere
 Trade, Investment, and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Engaging with the World
 Unlocking the Employment Potential in the Middle East and North Africa: Toward a New Social Contract  |
 
These publications are available in PDF format.
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