9.5: The Arab World

Work with partners to strengthen development and opportunity in the Arab world.

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The Challenge. The Arab world has strong potential for growth and development, but it remains poorly integrated into the global economy apart from the oil sector. It has the highest unemployment among developing regions, as well as the lowest economic participation by women. The region's poor and rich countries alike suffer from such problems as water scarcity, lack of economic diversity, weak public accountability, and conflict. What We're Doing. The World Bank Group, in close cooperation with the League of Arab States, has established the Arab World Initiative (AWI), a partnership to foster effective collaboration in the interests of economic integration and knowledge sharing among the countries of the Arab world. The initiative focuses on three key pillars: Human Development and Improving the Quality of Education, Infrastructure Projects, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development. These pillars are detailed on the corresponding Arab World Initiative website, featuring the latest data, research, multimedia, documentation and more about efforts in the Arab world.

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• The Arab World

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