In the Mediterranean Basin two projects of economic integration overlap, namely the project of a Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) and a process of economic integration of the European Union (EU), which neighbors into EU's Internal Market; the EU endeavors to strengthen cooperation with the...

The last decade has been marked by a debate on a "paradigm shift" of economic and territorial development, in transition toward a new economic and industrial system based on knowledge, "immateriality" and creativity. Against the background of an increased globalization and industrial...

This research develops a quantitative analysis aimed at simulating the trade effects of various integration scenarios between the EU and its Mediterranean Partners (MPs). Results for shallow integration show that the completion of tariff removal is expected to produce limited gains, except in...

This study on the economic integration of the Euro-Med region was conducted from December 2008 to September 2009 under contract with the European Commission (TRADE08/C2/C16). The study provides quantitative, qualitative and sectoral assessments of the impacts of the Euro- Mediterranean free...

In the past decades, agricultural landscapes have simplified with crop specialization and the reduction of seminatural covers leading to a decline of biodiversity and (biodiversity-driven) ecosystem services (Landis 2016). This study measures the impact of landscape agrobiodiversity on the...