Contents

Chapter 1. Priorities for improving governance and performance of state-owned

enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa

by Alissa Amico, Manager, Middle East and North Africa, Corporate Affairs Division,

Directorate of Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

Chapter 2. The Arab Spring emphasises better corporate governance of state-owned

enterprises

by Nasser Saidi, Executive Director, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate Governance

with the assistance of Jahanara Ahmad, Manager, Hawkamah Institute for Corporate

Governance

Chapter 3. How the GCC did it: Formal and informal governance of successful public

enterprise in the Gulf Co-operation Council countries

by Steffen Hertog, Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter 4. State-owned enterprises in Kuwait: History and recent developments

by Mithqal Sartawi, Managing Director and President, Privatisation Holding Company

of Kuwait

Chapter 5. Transparency of Egypt's public-private joint ventures

by Jennifer Bremer, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Chair, Public Policy and

Administration Department, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American

University in Cairo

Chapter 6. Corporate governance of state-owned enterprises in Morocco: Evolution and

perspectives

by Abderrahmane Semmar, Head of the Division of Programming and Restructuring,

Department of Public Enterprises and Privatisation, Ministry of Economy and Finance

of Morocco