Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa

Limited integration has stifled the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's significant potential for economic growth and job creation. Home to 5.5 percentage of the world's population and 3.9 percentage of the world's Gross Dom...

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Main Author: Rouis, Mustapha
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17776454/regional-economic-integration-middle-east-north-africa
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spelling okr-10986-205662021-04-23T14:03:56Z Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa Rouis, Mustapha AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AIR BARRIERS TO TRADE BORDER TRADE COMMODITIES COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVE REGIONS CROSSINGS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC REFORMS EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FOREIGN FIRMS FREE TRADE FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE ZONE GDP GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL TRADE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HARMONIZATION HIGH TRANSPORTATION IMPORT TARIFF IMPORTS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTRAREGIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT BARRIERS INVESTMENT FLOWS INVESTMENT REGIME JOB CREATION KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS LIBERALIZATION MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES MOBILITY MOST FAVORED NATION OIL IMPORTERS PER CAPITA INCOME PREFERENTIAL TARIFF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC OWNERSHIP QUALITY OF TRANSPORT RAIL RAIL NETWORK RAILWAYS RAPID EXPANSION REFORM PROGRAMS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ROAD RULES OF ORIGIN TARIFF EQUIVALENT TARIFF PROTECTION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOURISM TRADE BARRIERS TRADE COSTS TRADE FACILITATION TRADE IN GOODS TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE LOGISTICS TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION COSTS VERTICAL INTEGRATION WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WTO Limited integration has stifled the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's significant potential for economic growth and job creation. Home to 5.5 percentage of the world's population and 3.9 percentage of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the region's share of nonoil world trade is only 1.8 percentages. By contrast, countries opting for a liberal trade and investment regime most notably in East Asia have seen significant increases in trade, employment, and per capita income. If petroleum and gas are included, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is far more integrated in the world economy, with exports accounting for 6.2 percentages of global trade. Oil and gas exports are three-quarters of total MENA's exports. 2014-11-19T19:36:33Z 2014-11-19T19:36:33Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17776454/regional-economic-integration-middle-east-north-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20566 English en_US MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 95 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa North Africa Middle East
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AIR
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BORDER TRADE
COMMODITIES
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITIVE REGIONS
CROSSINGS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TARIFF
EXTERNAL TARIFFS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FOREIGN FIRMS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
FREE TRADE ZONE
GDP
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL TRADE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HARMONIZATION
HIGH TRANSPORTATION
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT BARRIERS
INVESTMENT FLOWS
INVESTMENT REGIME
JOB CREATION
KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
LIBERALIZATION
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MOBILITY
MOST FAVORED NATION
OIL IMPORTERS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
QUALITY OF TRANSPORT
RAIL
RAIL NETWORK
RAILWAYS
RAPID EXPANSION
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
ROAD
RULES OF ORIGIN
TARIFF EQUIVALENT
TARIFF PROTECTION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOURISM
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE COSTS
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE IN GOODS
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE LOGISTICS
TRADE PREFERENCES
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WTO
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AIR
BARRIERS TO TRADE
BORDER TRADE
COMMODITIES
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
COMPETITIVE REGIONS
CROSSINGS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
ECONOMIC REFORMS
EXPORT DIVERSIFICATION
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL TARIFF
EXTERNAL TARIFFS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
FOREIGN FIRMS
FREE TRADE
FREE TRADE AREA
FREE TRADE ZONE
GDP
GLOBAL MARKETS
GLOBAL TRADE
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
HARMONIZATION
HIGH TRANSPORTATION
IMPORT TARIFF
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INTRAREGIONAL TRADE
INVESTMENT BARRIERS
INVESTMENT FLOWS
INVESTMENT REGIME
JOB CREATION
KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS
LIBERALIZATION
MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES
MOBILITY
MOST FAVORED NATION
OIL IMPORTERS
PER CAPITA INCOME
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTION COSTS
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
QUALITY OF TRANSPORT
RAIL
RAIL NETWORK
RAILWAYS
RAPID EXPANSION
REFORM PROGRAMS
REGIONAL INTEGRATION
REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
ROAD
RULES OF ORIGIN
TARIFF EQUIVALENT
TARIFF PROTECTION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOURISM
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE COSTS
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE IN GOODS
TRADE IN SERVICES
TRADE LOGISTICS
TRADE PREFERENCES
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRANSPORT
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
TRANSPORTATION COSTS
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WTO
Rouis, Mustapha
Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
geographic_facet Middle East and North Africa
North Africa
Middle East
relation MENA knowledge and learning quick notes series;no. 95
description Limited integration has stifled the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's significant potential for economic growth and job creation. Home to 5.5 percentage of the world's population and 3.9 percentage of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the region's share of nonoil world trade is only 1.8 percentages. By contrast, countries opting for a liberal trade and investment regime most notably in East Asia have seen significant increases in trade, employment, and per capita income. If petroleum and gas are included, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is far more integrated in the world economy, with exports accounting for 6.2 percentages of global trade. Oil and gas exports are three-quarters of total MENA's exports.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Rouis, Mustapha
author_facet Rouis, Mustapha
author_sort Rouis, Mustapha
title Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
title_short Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
title_fullStr Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
title_full_unstemmed Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa
title_sort regional economic integration in the middle east and north africa
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17776454/regional-economic-integration-middle-east-north-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20566
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