Tony Verheijen is Operations Manager for Afghanistan, South Asia Region at The World Bank. Previously, he was Country Manager for Tunisia, Middle East and North Africa at The World Bank. Katarina Staronova is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Policy at Comenius University Bratislava. Ibrahim El Ghandour is Public Sector Specialist at The World Bank, currently based in Madagascar. Anne-Lucie Lefebvre is Resident Representative of the World Bank in Guinea Bissau. Previously, she was Senior Public Sector Specialist at the World Bank.
"""There has been far too little attention paid to the civil service in the MENA countries, and this volume provides an interesting and important perspective on the changing nature of public administration in this region. It is necessary reading for anyone seeking to understand governance there."" B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh"