ABSTRACT
The recent globalization trends have revived a long-standing interest in regional integration in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Despite numerous attempts to encourage economic integration in MENA in the past few decades, there is broad consensus that progress has been painstakingly slow and the record of economic integration in the MENA region largely beset by failure.
This 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. It considers regional integration and prospects for trade blocs; trade liberalization and economic restructuring; resource endowments and employment trends; and changes in economic boundaries, especially as a result of labour migration and regional conflicts.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |1 pages
Part I Past trends and future prospects for growth in MENA
part |1 pages
Part II Integration patterns, trade blocs, and regional policy
chapter 2|9 pages
Intra-regional trade integration in the Middle East
chapter 3|5 pages
Exchange rate regime and competitiveness of manufactured exports
chapter 4|2 pages
Agriculture and trade liberalization in the MENA region
part |1 pages
PART III Trade and restructuring: lessons and outcomes
chapter 6|4 pages
Price competition between Turkish and East Asian exports in the European Union market in the 1990s
part |1 pages
Part IV Resource endowments, factor markets, and employment issues
part |1 pages
Part V Economic boundaries in flux