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Shantayanan Devarajan, Chief Economist of the World Bank's Middle East and North Africa Region, explains how renewing the social contract can restore trust between citizens and the State in the Middle East and North Africa. What was the old social contract? Why should it be renewed? What would the new social contract consist of? Listen to the interview in French.

Video originally posted on the website of Le Courrier de l’Atlas here.

Interview conducted in the context of the CMI/PACA regional debate on “Territorial Cohesion and Inclusive Growth in a Mediterranean Region Undergoing Transition” in the framework of the Mediterranean Economic Week.