“There's a huge pay-off if we're able to move from non-democracy to democracy, particularly in the MENA region. The growth rate in MENA would go from what is currently expected to be about 3.3% for the next four or five years to 7.3% as a result of democracy”- Shanta Devarajan, World Bank Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa region.
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