This article analyses and explains the real convergence process in MENA countries over the past 50 years. It provides a threefold contribution. Firstly, given the recent increasing attention paid to the Euro-Mediterranean area, it focuses on the convergence of MENA countries towards the EU per...

This paper examines the impact of market and supply accessibility on the geographic distribution of 26 manufacturing sectors in 28 countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area over the period 1994-2003. The study is based on both traditional trade theory and new economic geography theory. First, the...