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Jobs or Privileges : Unleashing the Employment Potential of the Middle East and North Africa

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  • World Bank, 2014. "Jobs or Privileges : Unleashing the Employment Potential of the Middle East and North Africa," World Bank Publications - Reports 19292, The World Bank Group.
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    2. Aga,Gemechu A. & Francis,David C. & Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis, 2015. "SMEs, age, and jobs : a review of the literature, metrics, and evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7493, The World Bank.
    3. Mohammed Said Saadi, 2016. "Moroccan Cronyism: Facts, Mechanisms and Impact," Working Papers 1063, Economic Research Forum, revised 11 2016.
    4. Ishac Diwan & Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, 2021. "Political Connections Reduce Job Creation: Firm-level Evidence from Lebanon," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(8), pages 1373-1396, August.
    5. Diwan, Ishac & Schiffbauer, Marc, 2018. "Private banking and crony capitalism in Egypt," Business and Politics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(3), pages 390-409, September.
    6. Mélise Jaud & Caroline Freund, 2015. "Champions Wanted," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 21638, December.
    7. Diwan, Ishac & Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, "undated". "Do Political Connections Reduce Job Creation? Evidence from Lebanon," Working Paper 414186, Harvard University OpenScholar.
    8. Nesma Ali & Boris Najman, 2019. "Cronyism, firms’ Productivity and Informal Competition in Egypt," Working Papers 1292, Economic Research Forum, revised 2019.
    9. Davide Luca, 2018. "Picking Winners at the Ballot Box: Votes and Local Economic Growth in Turkey," Working Papers 1232, Economic Research Forum, revised 10 Oct 2018.

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