Convergence: Five Critical Steps Toward Integrating Lagging and Leading Areas in the Middle East and North Africa

by Ayah Mahgoub and Somik V Lall

Policy makers across the Middle East and North Africa have for many years articulated plans to integrate their people spatially and economically. Wishing to bring communities together and narrow economic gaps, governments have made large capital investments in transport corridors and "new cities." Hoping to provide jobs in places with little economic activity, governments have designated new industrial zones supported by spatially targeted business...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464814503
• ISBN13: 9781464814501
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 10.4"