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Remittances channel and fiscal impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

Abdih, Yasser; Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Ebeke, … - 2012

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Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries

Sole, Juan - 2007

A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb … region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen … role for the global financial integration of the Maghreb region. This paper provides an overview of the financial systems …

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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...

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The Euro and the Production Structure and Export Performance of Middle East and North African Countries

Ruhashyankiko, Jean-François - 1999

This paper explores the link between exchange rate volatility of European currencies and economic performance of several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The elimination of intra euro-zone exchange rate volatility resulting from the introduction of the euro is estimated to...

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Recoveries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan : Have Macroeconomic Policies Been Effective?

Grigoli, Francesco - 2010

This paper identifies and documents the properties of output gap recessions and recoveries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) during the 1980 to 2008 period. It goes on to investigate the key determinants of the recoveries. The duration of MENAP countries’ recessions and...

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Commodity Prices and Inflation in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Inflation followed a strikingly uniform pattern in all countries of the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia during the period 1996-2009, falling until about 2000 and then rising. International fuel prices do not help explain this pattern. This conclusion is robust even when different...

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Oil Prices and Bank Profitability : Evidence From Major Oil-Exporting Countries in the Middle East and North Africa

Hesse, Heiko - 2009

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability. Our results indicate that oil price shocks...

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The Arab Maghreb Union

Finaish, Mohamad Ali - 1994

The Founding Treaty of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), signed in February 1989, calls for a strengthening of all ties …

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Remittances Channel and Fiscal Impact in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia

Abdih, Yasser - 2012

This paper identifies a remittances channel that transmits exogenous shocks, such as business cycles in remittance-sending countries, to the public finances of remittance-receiving countries. Using panel data for remittance-receiving countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia,...

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Financial Sector Development in the Middle East and North Africa

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Based on data collected on a wide range of financial sector indicators, new indices of financial development for countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are constructed, encompassing six themes: development of the monetary sector and monetary policy, banking sector development,...

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