Arab Economic Integration : Between Hope and Reality.

By: Galal, AhmedContributor(s): Hoekman, Bernard MMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Washington : Brookings Institution Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (181 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815796015Subject(s): Arab cooperation | Arab countries -- Economic conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Arab Economic Integration : Between Hope and RealityDDC classification: 337.1/174927 LOC classification: HC498 -- .A7192 2003ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Arab Economic Integration -- 1 Between Hope and Reality: An Overview of Arab Economic Integration -- 2 The Economics and Politics of Arab Economic Integration -- 3 Egypt's Export Puzzle -- 4 A Survey of Barriers to Trade and Investment in Arab Countries -- 5 Alternative Paths to Prosperity: Economic Integration among Arab Countries -- 6 Initial Conditions and Incentives for Arab Economic Integration: Can the European Community's Success Be Emulated? -- 7 What Can Arab Countries Learn from Europe? An Institutional Analysis -- Contributors -- Index.
Summary: Improving the economic performance of Arab countries is now more critical than ever. The region faces high population growth rates, rising unemployment, and modest economic growth coupled with increasingly intense competition from emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Meeting these challenges requires finding ways to overcome political obstacles that impede socially beneficial economic reforms. Despite fifty years of repeated attempts at Arab economic integration, the results in terms of intraregional trade and investment flows have been very modest. This book explains why and discusses possible ways forward. The authors draw especially on the success of the European Union to assess the scope of Arab economic integration as an instrument for narrowing the persistent gap between the region¡s̄ economic potential and its performance.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Arab Economic Integration -- 1 Between Hope and Reality: An Overview of Arab Economic Integration -- 2 The Economics and Politics of Arab Economic Integration -- 3 Egypt's Export Puzzle -- 4 A Survey of Barriers to Trade and Investment in Arab Countries -- 5 Alternative Paths to Prosperity: Economic Integration among Arab Countries -- 6 Initial Conditions and Incentives for Arab Economic Integration: Can the European Community's Success Be Emulated? -- 7 What Can Arab Countries Learn from Europe? An Institutional Analysis -- Contributors -- Index.

Improving the economic performance of Arab countries is now more critical than ever. The region faces high population growth rates, rising unemployment, and modest economic growth coupled with increasingly intense competition from emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Meeting these challenges requires finding ways to overcome political obstacles that impede socially beneficial economic reforms. Despite fifty years of repeated attempts at Arab economic integration, the results in terms of intraregional trade and investment flows have been very modest. This book explains why and discusses possible ways forward. The authors draw especially on the success of the European Union to assess the scope of Arab economic integration as an instrument for narrowing the persistent gap between the region¡s̄ economic potential and its performance.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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