Despite its many advantages, the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean region remains relatively backward in economic and social terms and is rightly considered a potential source of social and political instability. Its average GDP per capita lags behind the global average and is increasing slowly...

Economic policy reform and trade performance in South Asia : an overview -- Trade and foreign direct investment peformance during policy reform in Bangladesh -- India's trade and foreign direct investment performance during liberalization -- Trade and investment stagnation during external sector...

We build and estimate a structural dynamic general equilibrium model of growth and trade. Trade affects growth through changes in consumer and producer prices that in turn stimulate or impede physical capital accumulation. At the same time, growth affects trade, directly through changes in...