Towards Arab and Euro-Med Regional Integration [electronic resource].
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Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2001.
The path towards Arab and Euro-Mediterranean integration is challenging for all countries involved but the potential long term benefits are substantial. Multilateral trade initiatives which run parallel to ""open"" regional integration with the European Union and among Arab states can generate higher economic growth by promoting free trade in goods, services and assets between developed and developing countries. However these agreements have profound implications for Arab states in the region raising old and new issues in the political economy of regional co-operation and development. The body
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Foreword Kemal Dervis, Jorge Braga de Macedo and Heba Handoussa; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface Jorge Braga de Macedo; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview; PART ONE: THE DYNAMICS OF OPEN REGIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA); Chapter 2 Dynamic Aspects of Euro-Mediterranean Agreements for the Middle East and North African Economies; Chapter 3 The Nature of Euro-Mediterranean Trade and the Prospects for Regional Integration; PART TWO: EXPANDING DOMESTIC MARKETS AND LIBERALISATION UNDER EURO-MED AGREEMENTS (EMAs)
Chapter 4 Foreign Direct Investment, the European Mediterranean Agreements and Integration between Middle East and North African CountriesChapter 5 The Euro and Southern Mediterranean Currencies; Chapter 6 Trade Liberalisation and the Poor: A Dynamic Rural-Urban General Equilibrium Analysis of Morocco; Chapter 7 The Liberalisation of Tunisian Agriculture and the European Union: A Prospective Analysis; PART THREE: THE OPTIMAL MIX OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS (RTAs); Chapter 8 Overlapping Free Trade Agreements in the Middle East and North Africa: Economic Incentives and Effects in Egypt
Chapter 9 Testing the Waters: Arab Integration, Competitiveness, and the Euro-Med AgreementsChapter 10 Linkages Between Euro-Mediterranean and Arab Free Trade Agreements; List of Contributors; Bibliography
The path towards Arab and Euro-Mediterranean integration is challenging for all countries involved but the potential long term benefits are substantial. Multilateral trade initiatives which run parallel to ""open"" regional integration with the European Union and among Arab states can generate higher economic growth by promoting free trade in goods, services and assets between developed and developing countries. However these agreements have profound implications for Arab states in the region raising old and new issues in the political economy of regional co-operation and development. The body
Arab countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe.
Europe -- Foreign economic relations -- Arab countries.
Mediterranean region -- Economic integration.
Economic History
Business & Economics