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Openness and Human Capital as Sources of Productivity Growth : An Empirical Investigation from the MENA Countries
Haouas, Ilham; Yagoubi, Mahmoud - 2005
This paper investigates the impact of openness to trade and higher levels of human capital on the economies of some MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use panel data on 16 countries spanning the 1965 -2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262187
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Private sector development in the South and East Mediterranean region
Woodward, Richard; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
This report is concerned with the analysis of privatization and private sector development for the eastern and southernMediterranean countries partnered with the European Union and collectively known as MED-11. Noting that the analysis applies to the situation prior to the dislocations of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326585
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The political economy of aid flows to North Africa
Harrigan, Jane - 2011
This paper provides an historical overview of aid flows to North Africa. It assesses the aid allocation process and argues that past aid flows to the region have been heavily influenced by donor political interests. This has reduced the effectiveness of aid which, with the exception of Tunisia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280088
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Background report on private sector development in Latin America, the post-communist countries of Europe and Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
Woodward, Richard; Kozarzewski, Piotr; Safavi, Mehdi - 2012
After a long period in which state-led development was the dominant economic paradigm, since the 1980s private sector development has been the focus for economic policy makers. It is probably no coincidence that economic growth, stagnant for a few decades in much of the developing world, took...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430885
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Technological Readiness in the Middle East and North Africa – Implications for Egypt
Brach, Juliane - 2010
Innovation is widely recognized as a key driver of sustainable economic development. Governments, international organizations, donors and investors are increasingly interested in evaluating the technological capabilities and innovative capacities in developing countries, but often lack...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275982
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Transport infrastructure for MED11 countries
Carruthers, Robin - 2012
unpaved roads (between 7% and 13%). The investment (including maintenance) cost would be between 0.9% of GDP and 2.4% of GDP … assessment was of the benefit ratio between the increase in GDP and the cost of transport investment. This varied between about 3 … and 8, an indication of the high return to be expected from increased investment in transport infrastructure. …
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The impact of FTAs on MENA trade
Parra Robles, María Dolores; Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada - 2012
The present work analyses the impact of free trade agreements (FTAs) on the improvement of trade flows for ten Middle East and North African Countries (MENA) for the period 1990-2010. An extended gravity model is estimated to analyse the average and individual impact of six FTAs (four...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286649
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Youth unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa, and the Moroccan case
Dadush, Uri - 2019
Youth unemployment, and unemployment, in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) countries are among the highest in the world. The tendency to generalize, however, is inappropriate as different groups of countries exhibit vastly different labor market outcomes and causes vary. The standard way of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964238
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State(s) of negotiation: Drivers of forced migration governance in most of the world
Müller-Funk, Lea; Fröhlich, Christiane; Bank, André - 2020
Between normative aspirations and national interests, forced migrants often become pawns in host states' negotiations with internal and external actors. Focusing on North Africa, the Middle East, and the Horn of Africa, this paper offers an analytical framework to better understand forced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012291452
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Human rights dialogue with Arab States: Argumentation patterns of authoritarian regimes as a challenge for a values-based foreign policy
Grimm, Jannis; Roll, Stephan - 2023
Germany is being met with rejection from the governments of Arab states when it calls for human rights to be respected. If those being addressed do not outright refuse to engage in dialogue, they usually rely on four patterns of argumentation to ward off corresponding demands: (1) the human...
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