Arab economic integration : between hope and reality / Ahmed Galal, Bernard Hoekman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Galal, Ahmed, 1948-

Hoekman, Bernard M., 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab cooperation.

Arab countries--Economic conditions.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cairo : Egyptian Center for Economic Studies ; Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Brookings Institution Press and the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) publication Improving the economic performance of Arab countries is now more critical than ever. The region faces high population growth rates, rising unemployment, and modest economic growth coupled with increasingly intense competition from emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Meeting these challenges requires finding ways to overcome political obstacles that impede socially beneficial economic reforms. Despite fifty years of repeated attempts at Arab economic integration, the results in

Contents:

Between hope and reality : an overview of Arab economic integration / Ahmed Galal and Bernard Hoekman

The economics and politics of Arab economic integration / Samiha Fawzy

Egypt's export puzzle / Ahmed Galal and Samiha Fawzy

A survey of barriers to trade and investment in Arab countries / Jamel Zarrouk

Alternative paths to prosperity : economic integration among Arab countries / Denise Eby Konan

Initial conditions and incentives for Arab economic integration : can the European Community's success be emulated? / Bernard Hoekman and Patrick Messerlin

What can Arab countries learn from Europe? an institutional analysis / L. Alan Winters.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8157-9601-3

OCLC:

923615819