The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is suffering from spatially divergent development. The uprisings of the Arab Spring in part reflected grievances of citizens who were or perceived to have been left behind, particularly by accidents of where they were born. This memo introduces a report...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Memorandum to a Concerned Finance Minister -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Why do so many place-based interventions fail? -- How can the region's countries approach convergence? -- Fragmented cities, stuck people, walled-off...