Recently, there has been an upsurge of empirical studies that test the convergence prediction of the neoclassical growth theory at the country, regional, state or provincial levels. These studies examine whether poorer economies will eventually catch up with richer ones in terms of both income...

During the past three decades inflation in Sudan accelerated and was highly variable. Various factors contributed to this acceleration and variability. Predominant amond these is the monetary financing of a persistent budget deficit in the country. Other real, expectational and structural...

Results from this cross-country study indicate that there are no simple patterns in how investment in schooling in the MENA countries differs from international experience. The regression results for 1965 and for 1994 show a wide diversity in enrollments at the primary and secondary school...

In our study of four industries, we confirmed that there is a relationship between the stage through which the industry is going, thus its level of turbulence, and the nature of cooperative strategies. More specifically it appears in situations of industry reconfiguration, that the smaller, more...

This study investigates the determinants of school attainments of boys and girls in Turkey. Although high levels of enrollement have been achieved at the primary school level for both boys and girls in much of Turkey, substantial regional differences remain. In particular, in the Southeastern...

The purpose of this study is two-fold: assessing trade policy towards textiles in the main exporting south Mediterranean countries and in their export markets (the EU and the USA) and analyzing the likely impact of full implementation of the Agreement on Textile and Clothing (ATC) in light of...

This paper examines the causes and policy implications of the 1997-98 financial crises in East Asia from an Islamic perspective. The paper suggests that the crises may be better understood as consequences of internal contradictions in the interest-based financial system as regards risk and...

Dans cette contribution, l'auteur cherche, a travers l'etude de l'evolution de l'industrie textile, a comprendre les raisons de l'accroissement rapide des IDE (Investissements Directs Etrangers) en Tunisie depuis le debut des annees 70 et leur declin a partir du milieu des annees 80. Dans cette...

This paper draws some lessons for the Egyptian economy from recent crisis episodes in Latin America and East Asia. Egypt is striving to achieve higher sustainable growth rates to increase the welfare of its population. Opening up the capital account presents both opportunities and dangers....

Competition policy plays an increasing role worldwide, both at the national and international level. The number of countries with competition laws has increased to about seventy as of 1999, against less than thirty only three decades earlier. One of the many reasons that lie behind this renewed...