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| Titre : | Arab Mediterranean Countries facing the "second generation" of reforms : A political economy standpoint. : Deliverable No 9. Working Package 7 - New Challenges: Domestic Reforms |
| Auteurs : | Christophe Lavialle |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Go-EuroMed, 2007 |
| Collection : | Working paper, num. 07 |
| Format : | 17 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ POLITIQUE ECONOMIQUE ; COMPARAISON INTERNATIONALE ; REFORME ; PAYS DU MAGHREB |
| Résumé : |
It is possible to introduce competitive pressure into the productive systems of MPC (particularly by the way of commercial opening) in order to limit the negative impacts of rents. These rents were formed under the cover of custom protection and government intervention. The competitive pressure creates powerful leverages to create institutional transformations that need to accompany factors reallocations.
But, it is observed that MPCs are still having difficulties implementing what is in fact a new mode of functioning of their economies, and more largely a new social contract for their societies. These obstacles are shown when analysing the relationships between (1) the functioning of productive systems, (2) the structure and the functioning of financial system, (3) finally the modes of state intervention within the economic system. These complementarities define the outlines of a particular model of mixed economy, that one could qualify as both a “family-centred” and an “authoritarian-paternalistic” capitalism. Moreover, as far as governance is concerned, Arab Mediterranean countries show relatively good performances. The available indicators show that these countries have equal or sometimes better levels than other developing countries. But, the Arab countries suffer from the existence of important delays in democratic reforms (indicator of democracy), compared to other developing countries. Furthermore, the indices related to institutional agreements, and to the social contracts, show weaknesses in relation to reforms and socio-economic conditions. Particularly, a major obstacle in the implementation of an authentic development process can be found in the deficient production of confidence in these countries, as confidence is a key element of long-term growth. In these countries confidence is produced and shared on the sole basis of personal relationships. Rules are generally tacit, abstract and not written. This shows the need for the strengthening of the implementation of laws with the recognition of the roles of states as strategic regulators and coordinators. The problem is therefore to convince political and economic groups of the relevance of these policies and their positive social and economic impacts in different societies. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
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| 39492 | BR-60-08 | Etude | CEREQ | Bibliothèque | Disponible |
