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Format: pages cm.

ISBN: 1-283-88945-5 , 0-8213-9729-X

Series Statement: Directions in development

Content: MENA is one of the least globally and regionally integrated regions in the world. Though home to 5.5 percent of the world's population and 3.9 percent of the world's GDP, the region's share of nonoil world trade is only 1.8 percent. Deep economic integration could help policy makers address the critical development challenges that have been brought to the forefront by the Arab Spring by boosting growth, fostering diversification, and stimulating employment. The level of tariff protection vis-à-vis the rest of the world remains high by international standards, particularly in North Africa. Nont

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; O.1 MENA's Export Share in the World of Nonfuel Goods and Services; O.2 Share of Exports within Regions; O.3 Change in PTA Volume of Trade; Chapter 1 Why Economic Integration Matters: Potential Gains and Challenges; The Case for Economic Integration; Boxes; 1.1 ASEAN-A Model of Open Regionalism; References; Chapter 2 Regional Integration through Trade in Goods; Trade Performance; 2.1 Export Share by Destination (Excluding Oil) , 2.2 Concentration and Diversification Indices of Export Products in MENA2.1 Moving Up the Technological Ladder in Exports-The Cases of Jordan and Tunisia; Barriers to Trade in Goods Have Been Reduced to Some Extent; 2.3 Tariff-only Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI_T) by Region, 2009; Policy Recommendations; 2.4 Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) by Region, 2009; Tables; 2.1 Trading across MENA Borders; 2.5 LPI Scores in MENA versus Other Regions; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Regional Integration through Trade in Services; Services Trade Performance , 3.1 Services Value-Added Growth Is Positively Correlated with Per-Capita GDP Growth in MENA3.2 Export Composition; 3.1 Net Remittance Flows (current US millions); Impediments to the Services Trade; 3.1 Case Studies on Services Sector Liberalization; 3.3 Restrictiveness of Services Trade Policies and Share of Services in GDP, GCC, and Other Regions; 3.4 Logistics Performance among Arab World Subregions; Regional Trade Agreements and Service Flows; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Cross-Border Infrastructure: Building Backbone Services , The Transport Sector-Extensive but Often Deficient Networks4.1 Time and Cost Data for MENA Import and Export Container Movements; The Power Sector-Initiatives Underway to Interconnect Electricity Networks; 4.1 Priority Policy and Institutional Reforms in the MENA Region; 4.2 Potential Transmission and Interconnection Lines; Information and Communications Technology; 4.2 Regional TNO Groups' Subsidiaries and Subscriber Outreach Abroad; 4.3 Competition in MENA's Fixed Infrastructure and Mobile Markets; 4.3 The IT-BPO Industry as a New Opportunity in the MENA Region; Notes; References , Chapter 5 Trade Facilitation and LogisticsHigh Trade Costs and Low Logistics Performance; 5.1 Bilateral Trade Costs for Industrial Products; 5.1 Trade Costs for Manufactured and Agricultural Goods, Maghreb and Selected European Countries; Main Logistics Issues across the MENA Region; 5.2 Logistics Performance and Shipping Connectivity; Capacity Building Projects; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Preferential Trade Agreements; PTA Implementation-A Lot More Can Be Done; PTA Impact-Mixed Effects; 6.1 Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements for Development , 6.1 GCC Tariff Rates, 2010 , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8213-9726-5

Language: English