Shifting Priorities or Business as Usual? Continuity and Change in the post-2011 IMF and World Bank Engagement with Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt

Hanieh, Adam

Abstract

Following the popular uprisings that erupted across North Africa in 2010 and 2011, international financial institutions have embarked on a significant re-engagement with governments in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. New lending arrangements and project initiatives by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, in particular, have emphasised a supposed turn towards pro-poor policies, social inclusion and public engagement with economic decision-making. This article analyses the content and logic of IMF and World Bank lending to these three countries, examining whether this re-engagement represents a substantive shift away from the neoliberal policies that characterised pre-2011 IFI relationships with the region.

Citation

Hanieh, A. Shifting Priorities or Business as Usual? Continuity and Change in the post-2011 IMF and World Bank Engagement with Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 42(1), 119-134. https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2015.973199

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Dec 12, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jan 22, 2015
• Journal: British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies
• Print ISSN: 1353-0194
• Electronic ISSN: 1469-3542
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 119-134
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2015.973199
• Related Public URLs: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13530194.2015.973199#.VL-IqWSsW7E