The "regionalism trend" has been an important feature of the global economy since the mid-1980s and is becoming increasingly important at the turn of the century. The object of this paper is to review and assess the regionalism trend, consider its future as an integral component of the emerging...

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...

Starting from the observation that intra-regional trade flows in the Mashreq are abnormally low, the paper reviews the existing trade agreements and the alternative options that the countries of the region could embrace in order to deepen their trade relations. This discussion is set against the...

This paper sets out to investigate some aspects of the differential inpact of the process of globalization on labor oucomes in countries of the MENA region. It examines the impact of the process of globalization on the nature of labor processes and the new employment profiles, explores the...