TY - BOOK AU - Devarajan,Shantayanan AU - Devarajan,Shantayanan AU - Mottaghi,Lili TI - MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014 : : Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts T2 - Middle East and North Africa Quarterly Economic Brief PY - 2014/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - The World Bank KW - Arab Spring KW - Arab transition countries KW - Development Economics KW - Economic Policy KW - Growth KW - International Economics and Trade KW - Investment KW - Macroeconomics and Economic Growth KW - Poverty Reduction KW - Predictions KW - Volatility N2 - This issue of the Quarterly Economic Brief looks at the actual growth performance of these countries and highlights the limitations of forecasting in the wake of the 2011 uprisings, at the consequences of the growth slowdown, including unemployment, where perceptions may diverge from reality. The story is told in fourteen charts UR - http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9781464804076 ER -