A large proportion of internationally traded goods are subject to labor standards and this proportion is on a continuing rise. Such developments created a hot debate about the impact of labor standards on trade, but there has been no clear international consensus on the net costs and benefits...

This study reviews two types of migration flows within the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region and investigates their relationship with trade. The first type reviewed is the traditional South-North migration and its relationship with trade. The second type is the South-South migration and its...

Non-Tariff Measures (NTMs) have recently become a central issue for economists and policy makers. Based on a new database developed by the World Bank on five Middle East and North African(MENA) countries at a very detailed product level, this article provides calculations of the average tariff...

This study evaluates the effects of the current Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement for the EU and the Mediterranean region, in order to assist policy makers in defining the next steps in the Euro-Mediterranean Road map till 2010 and beyond. It provides quantitative, qualitative and sectoral...

The study focuses on the period 2004.09 during which Egypt experienced food crisis. The political economy context on how the government responded to the crisis is analysed while pinpointing to what extent there was a pass-through effect from international

This study evaluates the development of the institutional environment in Egypt over the last decade from the perspective of the Egyptian exporting community. The main objective is to judge whether or not the institutional infrastructure is ready to supply Egyptian exporters with what is needed...

There is proliferation in the number of developing countries worldwide adopting a competition law. The evidence available indicates that they face sever problems in implementing competition laws. This paper addresses the question of whether Egypt is in need of adopting a competition law. The...

The potential of utilizing the liberalization of services for a number of Southern Mediterranean countries is great in a large number of sectors. Nevertheless, the importance of this potential is still not realized by those countries. The liberalization of trade in services has often been...

This study uses a specific methodology that incorporates supply and demand side developments (Exports Matrix) to analyze the performance of Egyptian exports in the EU over the period 1986-1996. It is found that the deterioration of the market share of the Egyptian exports in the EU is mainly due...