Trade, Investment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa : Engaging with the World

The book describes why expanding trade, and investment is vital for the Middle East and North Africa region. The greatest economic challenge is to create enough jobs for its rapidly growing labor force, which is increasingly young, and educated, to...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESSION AGREEMENTS AGREEMENT ON TRADE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION AGRICULTURE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BORDER TRADE COMMON STANDARDS COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS CPI CUSTOMS CUSTOMS UNION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DOMESTIC INVESTMENT CLIMATE DOMESTIC LABOR DOMESTIC REFORMS DOMESTIC SUBSIDIES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC RELATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES EXCHANGE RATES EXPANDING TRADE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORT MARKETS EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT PROCESSING EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES EXPORT PROMOTION EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORT-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS FINANCIAL FLOWS FINANCIAL SERVICES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS FREE MOVEMENT OF LABOR FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT FREE TRADE AREA GDP GLOBAL COMMERCE GLOBAL INTEGRATION GLOBAL MARKET GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL PRODUCTION GLOBAL TRADE GLOBAL TRADE ANALYSIS GLOBAL WELFARE GNP GRAVITY MODELS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT IMPORT QUOTAS IMPORT TARIFF IMPORT TAXES IMPORTS INCOME INCOME COUNTRIES INCOME DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY TRADE INSURANCE INTEGRATING COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRAINDUSTRY TRADE INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT FLOWS INVESTMENT REFORMS INVESTMENT RESPONSE LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKETS LABOR SERVICES LEGAL STATUS LIBERALIZING SERVICES LIBERALIZING TRADE LOWERING PROTECTION MARKET ACCESS MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MERCHANDISE TRADE MONOPOLIES NATIONAL ECONOMIES NATIONAL INCOME NATURAL RESOURCES NONTARIFF BARRIERS OIL OIL PRICES OIL REVENUES OPEC OPEN ECONOMIES OPEN TRADE OPENNESS ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY REFORMS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY OF REFORM PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION CHAINS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY CHANGE PROTECTION RATES PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC SECTOR PURCHASING POWER REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGULATORY REFORM RESTRICTIVE RULES OF ORIGIN SAFETY NETS SHARE OF WORLD EXPORTS SPECIALIZATION STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUBSIDIARY RIGHTS TARIFF RATES TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TOURISM TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE CLASSIFICATION TRADE COSTS TRADE EXPANSION TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY REFORMS TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSITION COUNTRIES TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT SERVICES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VALUATION VALUE ADDED WAGES WELFARE GAINS WORLD WORLD MARKET WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO TRADE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION ECONOMIC POLICY & PLANNING POLITICAL STABILITY GROWTH PATTERNS LABOR MIGRATION JOB CREATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS CROSS-COUNTRY EXPERIENCE WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2519543/trade-investment-development-middle-east-north-africa-engaging-world http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15116

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Trade, Investment and Development in the Middle East and North Africa : Engaging with the World

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