Author: Mr.Stanley Fischer
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451980361
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.
Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration
Author: Mr.Stanley Fischer
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451980361
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451980361
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.
Is MENA a Region?
Author: Mohamed A. El-Erian
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) . After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) . After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.
Regional Integration in the Union for the Mediterranean Progress Report
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264504621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Regional Integration in the Union for the Mediterranean: Progress Report monitors major trends and evolutions of integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Report examines five domains of regional integration, namely trade integration, financial integration, infrastructure integration, movement of people, as well as research and higher education.
Publisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264504621
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Regional Integration in the Union for the Mediterranean: Progress Report monitors major trends and evolutions of integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Report examines five domains of regional integration, namely trade integration, financial integration, infrastructure integration, movement of people, as well as research and higher education.
Economic Integration in the Maghreb
Author: Mr.Alexei P Kireyev
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484378377
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Individual countries of the Maghreb have achieved substantial progress on trade, but, as a region they remain the least integrated in the world. The share of intraregional trade is less than 5 percent of their total trade, substantially lower than in all other regional trading blocs around the world. Geopolitical considerations and restrictive economic policies have stifled regional integration. Economic policies have been guided by country-level considerations, with little attention to the region, and are not coordinated. Restrictions on trade and capital flows remain substantial and constrain regional integration for the private sector.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1484378377
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
Individual countries of the Maghreb have achieved substantial progress on trade, but, as a region they remain the least integrated in the world. The share of intraregional trade is less than 5 percent of their total trade, substantially lower than in all other regional trading blocs around the world. Geopolitical considerations and restrictive economic policies have stifled regional integration. Economic policies have been guided by country-level considerations, with little attention to the region, and are not coordinated. Restrictions on trade and capital flows remain substantial and constrain regional integration for the private sector.
The MENA Region: a great power competition
Author: AA.VV
Publisher: Ledizioni
ISBN: 8855260731
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The volume deals with competition among regional and external players for the redistribution of power and international status in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Russia’s renewed role and the implications for US interests. Over the last few years, a crisis of legitimacy has beset the liberal international order. In this context, the configuration of regional orders has come into question, as in the extreme case of the current collapse in the Middle East. The idea of a “Russian resurgence” in the Middle East set against a perceived American withdrawal has captured the attention of policymakers and scholars alike, warranting further examination. This volume, a joint publication by ISPI and the Atlantic Council, gathers analysis on Washington’s and Moscow’s policy choices in the MENA region and develops case studies of the two powers’ engagament in the countries beset by major crises.
Publisher: Ledizioni
ISBN: 8855260731
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
The volume deals with competition among regional and external players for the redistribution of power and international status in the Middle East and North Africa, with a focus on Russia’s renewed role and the implications for US interests. Over the last few years, a crisis of legitimacy has beset the liberal international order. In this context, the configuration of regional orders has come into question, as in the extreme case of the current collapse in the Middle East. The idea of a “Russian resurgence” in the Middle East set against a perceived American withdrawal has captured the attention of policymakers and scholars alike, warranting further examination. This volume, a joint publication by ISPI and the Atlantic Council, gathers analysis on Washington’s and Moscow’s policy choices in the MENA region and develops case studies of the two powers’ engagament in the countries beset by major crises.
Economic and Political Impediments to Middle East Peace
Author: J.W. Wright Jr
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0333994264
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The accords and protocols that underlie the Arab and Israeli peace agreements set into place economic policies and political processes so flawed that they are bound to fail. The chapters in this volume look at the diplomatic and historical precedents that have led to this situation and they debate - some cynically and some sympathetically - the reasons why the institutional structures and trade regimes the process has created are so weak. But for whatever reason, the structural flaws built into the Middle East peace process are not only biased toward the dominant players but against the people who most want peace.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0333994264
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The accords and protocols that underlie the Arab and Israeli peace agreements set into place economic policies and political processes so flawed that they are bound to fail. The chapters in this volume look at the diplomatic and historical precedents that have led to this situation and they debate - some cynically and some sympathetically - the reasons why the institutional structures and trade regimes the process has created are so weak. But for whatever reason, the structural flaws built into the Middle East peace process are not only biased toward the dominant players but against the people who most want peace.
Trade Policy and Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Hassan Hakimian
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415360296
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This important book examines the impact of recent changes in the world economy on trade policy within the MENA region and its economic relations with the rest of the world.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415360296
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This important book examines the impact of recent changes in the world economy on trade policy within the MENA region and its economic relations with the rest of the world.
New Dimensions in Regional Integration
Author: Jaime De Melo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521556682
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This volume considers the implications of revived interest in regional integration for the world trading system.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521556682
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
This volume considers the implications of revived interest in regional integration for the world trading system.
Constraints on Trade in the MENA region
Author: Hirut Wolde
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451962606
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly lower than what would be expected given their economic, cultural and geographical characteristics. Our empirical results show that the variables used in standard gravity models cannot explain a significant part of MENA's trade performance, particularly on exports. We then go on to 'augment' the standard gravity model with relevant variables from the World Bank's Business Enterprise surveys. Our results further show that these variables, and in particular transport constraints and inefficiencies in customs clearance processes, are important in explaining the MENA region's underperformance in trade.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451962606
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the MENA region are significantly lower than what would be expected given their economic, cultural and geographical characteristics. Our empirical results show that the variables used in standard gravity models cannot explain a significant part of MENA's trade performance, particularly on exports. We then go on to 'augment' the standard gravity model with relevant variables from the World Bank's Business Enterprise surveys. Our results further show that these variables, and in particular transport constraints and inefficiencies in customs clearance processes, are important in explaining the MENA region's underperformance in trade.
Migration, free movement and regional integration
Author: Nita, Sonja
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231002589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231002589
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description