Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa : Measurement and Operational Implications.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- 1 Scope and Motivation of the Report -- Motivation -- Objectives and Scope of the Work -- Working Analytical Framework -- Process of Policy Formation -- Government Policies, Interventions, and Regulatory Services -- Identifying, Revealing and Deterring Anticompetitive Behavior -- From Conceptual Framework to Measurement -- Privilege-Resistant Features in Core Policy Areas -- New Measurement Tool: Country Dashboards -- Caveats and Limitations -- Notes -- References -- 2 From Concept to Measurement: Assessment of Policy Areas -- Citizen Engagement in Policy Formulation -- Trade and Customs -- Business Regulation Practices -- Public Procurement -- Allocation of Public Land -- Investment Incentives -- Access to Finance -- Competition Policy -- Conflict of Interest Restrictions -- Financial Disclosure -- Freedom of Information -- Summary -- Notes -- References -- 3 From Measurement to Action -- Going Forward: An Operational Agenda -- Operationalizing the Privilege-Resistant Agenda -- Note -- Appendix A: Questionnaires to Assess the Privilege-Resistance of Different Policy Areas -- Appendix B: Dynamics of Change: A Literature Review -- Appendix C: Stimulating Change for Privilege-Resistant Policy Making -- Boxes -- 1.1 The Effects of Policy Capture -- 2.1 Success Story of Public Land Allocation in China -- 2.2 Jordan: Bringing Transparency to the Incentives Regime -- 2.3 Reality Check: Banks' Corporate Governance and Lessons from Crisis -- 2.4 RPT in MENA's Corporate Sector -- 2.5 Institutional Design Models -- Figures -- 1.1 Ecosystem of Capture, Discretion, and Arbitrariness -- 1.2 Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Discretion and Capture -- 1.3 Privilege-Resistant Policy Features.

1.4 Dashboards of Privilege Resistance for Eight MENA Countries, 2015 -- 2.1 Citizen Engagement in Rulemaking in MENA and European, 2015 -- 2.2 Publication of Draft Regulations in MENA, 2015 -- 2.3 Quality of the Consultation Process in MENA, 2015 -- 2.4 Provision of Impact Assessment of Proposed Regulations in MENA, 2015 -- 2.5 Privilege Resistance in Trade and Customs in MENA, 2015 -- 2.6 Tariff Structure and Transparency in MENA, 2015 -- 2.7 Import Restrictions and Special Regimes in MENA, 2015 -- 2.8 Electronic Processing and Connectivity in MENA, 2015 -- 2.9 Policy to Privilege Chain -- 2.10 Privilege Resistance for Business Regulation Interfaces in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.11 Business Regulation Indicator Scores in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.12 Business Regulation Dimension Scores in MENA, 2015 -- 2.13 Public Procurement Privilege Resistance Scores in MENA, 2015 -- 2.14 Public Procurement Policy Scores in MENA, 2015 -- 2.15 Privilege Resistance of Land Policies in MENA, 2015 -- 2.16 Institutional and Regulatory Land Policy Frameworks in MENA, 2015 -- 2.17 Transparency, Publicity, and Scrutiny of Land Policies in MENA, 2015 -- 2.18 Grievance and Recourse in Land Policies in MENA, 2015 -- 2.19 Legislative Framework of Incentive Regimes in MENA, 2015 -- 2.20 Governance and Administration of Incentive Regimes in MENA, 2015 -- 2.21 Transparency and Access to Information in MENA, 2015 -- 2.22 Privilege Resistance of Investment Incentive Regimes in MENA, 2015 -- B2.2.1 Transparency and Access to Information on Incentives for MENA Sample Before and After Jordan Inventory Reform -- 2.23 Rates of Adoption of "Privilege Proofing" Corporate Governance Measures in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.24 Strength of Related Party Lending Regulations for All 8 Countries Studied.

2.25 Privilege-Resistance of PEP Regulations in MENA, 2015 -- 2.26 Strength of PEP Regulations in Southern Europe Comparators, 2015 -- 2.27 Sectors and Economic Agents Excluded from Competition Legal Frameworks in MENA, 2015 -- 2.28 Scope of Competition Laws in MENA, 2015 -- 2.29 Powers of the Competition Authorities in MENA, 2015 -- 2.30 Status of Competition Authorities in MENA, 2015 -- 2.31 Cooling-Off Periods for Board Members in MENA, 2015 -- 2.32 Exclusivity for Board Members in MENA, 2015 -- 2.33 Availability of Guidelines for the Implementation of Competition Law to the Public in MENA, 2015 -- 2.34 Average Scores on Conflict of Interest Restrictions in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.35 Overall Scores on Conflict of Interest Restrictions in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.36 Scores on Conflict of Interest Restrictions in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.37 Disclosures and Restrictions in Public Accountability Mechanisms in 90-Country Dataset, 2013 -- 2.38 Average Scores on Financial Disclosure Restrictions for MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.39 Overall Financial Disclosure Scores for MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.40 Category Scores on Financial Disclosure for MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.41 Average Scores on Access to Information in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.42 Overall Country Scores on Access to Information in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.43 Category Scores on Access to Information in MENA and European Comparators, 2015 -- 2.44 Appeal Mechanisms in Access to Information Frameworks in 90-Country Dataset, 2010 -- 2.45 Privilege Resistance of Policy Making in MENA, 2015 -- 3.1 Operationalizing the Privilege Agenda -- C.1 Bureaucratic Decision-Making Equilibrium -- C.2 Triggering Change in Bureaucratic Decisions -- C.3 Ripple Effects of Initial Reforms -- Tables.

1.1 Policy Areas Studied -- 1.2 Questions That Reflect Rule-Based Decision Making -- 1.3 Questions to Reflect Mechanisms for Grievance, Complaints, and Redress -- 1.4 Questions to Reflect Mechanisms for Detecting Fraudulent and Corrupt Behavior -- 1.5 Questions to Reflect Transparency -- 2.1 Privilege-Resistant Trade and Customs Questionnaire -- 2.2 Privilege-Resistant Business Regulation Questionnaire -- 2.3 Privilege-Resistant Procurement Questionnaire -- 2.4 Privilege-Resistant Land Allocation Questionnaire -- 2.5 Privilege-Resistant Incentive Policies Questionnaire -- 2.6 Privilege-Resistant Access to Finance Questionnaire -- 2.7 Standards Shielding against Privilege -- 2.8 State-Owned Bank Shares of Bank Assets in MENA Sample, 2015 -- 2.9 Indicators of the Strength of RPT Framework -- 2.10 Comprehensive Competition Policy Frameworks -- 2.11 Competition Law and Policy Questions and Rationale -- 2.12 Implementing the Competition Policy and Legal Framework -- 2.13 Competition Laws and Competition Authorities in MENA, 2015 -- 2.14 Budget Allocation of Competition Authority in MENA, 2015 -- 2.15 Accountability of Competition Authorities in MENA, 2015 -- 2.16 Potential Areas for Making the Competition Legal Framework More Effective in MENA, 2015 -- 2.17 Privilege Resistance Summary Scores in Policy Making in MENA, 2015 -- 3.1 World Bank Instruments and Operational Interventions in Support of Privilege-Resistant Policy Making -- A.1 Privilege-Resistant Trade and Customs Questionnaire -- A.2 Privilege-Resistant Procurement Questionnaire -- A.3 Privilege-Resistant Competition Policy Questionnaire -- A.4 Privilege-Resistant Incentives Policy Questionnaire -- A.5 Privilege-Resistant Access to Public Industrial Land Questionnaire -- A.6 Privilege-Resistant Access to Finance Questionnaire -- A.7 Privilege-Resistant Business Regulation Questionnaire.

A.8 Conflict of Interest Questionnaire -- A.9 Asset Disclosure Questionnaire -- A.10 Freedom of Information Questionnaire.

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