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Financial Sector Reforms in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia : A Preliminary Assessment
Jbili, A. - 1997
This paper reviews and assesses the financial sector reforms in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. After a description of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403351
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Trade in the Mashreq : An Empirical Examination
Blavy, Rodolphe - 2001
This paper provides a framework for understanding trade patterns in the Mashreq. An augmented gravity model is used to compare actual with expected levels of trade. Trade barriers, political uncertainty, and over-appreciation of domestic currencies seem to explain low levels of international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403536
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Altruism and Workers' Remittances : Evidence From Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia
Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques - 2006
that altruism could have played an important role in the flow of remittances to Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, and … Tunisia in recent years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400396
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Spillovers From Europe Into Morocco and Tunisia
Florea, Daniel - 2010
This paper examines the economic and financial linkages between Morocco and Tunisia and their European partners. Using … growth in Morocco and Tunisia. For Tunisia, exports and, to a much lesser extent, tourism appear to be the major transmission … channels. In Morocco, exports, remittances and tourism play relatively equal roles. An analysis with sectoral data supports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403239
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Real Exchange Rate Behavior and Economic Growth : Evidence From Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia
Shabsigh, Ghiath - 1999
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. The paper constructs three measures of exchange rate misalignment based on purchasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401130
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Adjusting to New Realities : MENA the Uruguay Round, and the Eu-Mediterranean Initiative
Fennell, Susan - 1997
This paper addresses concerns that the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with the exception of the GCC economies, has lagged behind in trade liberalization. This delay has adversely affected production efficiency and consumer welfare and could reduce the region’s ability to attract...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400709
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Is the Middle East and North Africa Region Achieving its Trade Potential?
Söderling, Ludvig - 2005
This paper analyzes export performance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) using a gravity model applied to panel data. It addresses two questions: (i) are there significant unexploited export markets for the MENA region?; and (ii) have integration efforts with the EU since the mid-1990s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400851
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Trade in the WAEMU : Developments and Reform Opportunities
Weisfeld, Hans - 2008
This paper provides an overview of trade reform in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) since 1996 and a quantitative assessment of potential effects on trade patterns and tariff revenue of the current reform agenda. Despite evidence of significant trade complementarities within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014403054
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Trade Policy with Heterogeneous Traders : Do Quotas Get a Bum Rap?
Krishna, Kala - 2007
This paper considers the effects of trade policy-tariffs and quotas-when importing is done by competitive traders who are identical ex ante but differ ex post. We show that the standard equivalence results no longer hold and the conventional ranking of tariffs and quotas is turned on its head:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014399634
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Trade Policy and Macroeconomic Balance in the World Economy
International Monetary Fund - 1988
The paper explores the relationship between trade policy and current accounts. The effect on the current account of a change in protection at home and then abroad is analyzed, assuming that the exchange rate floats. The “savings-and-investment approach” is used. It shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396105