Economic Integration In The Maghreb

Author : Mr.Alexei P Kireyev
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484378377
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Integration in the Maghreb written by Mr.Alexei P Kireyev and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Individual countries of the Maghreb have achieved substantial progress on trade, but, as a region they remain the least integrated in the world. The share of intraregional trade is less than 5 percent of their total trade, substantially lower than in all other regional trading blocs around the world. Geopolitical considerations and restrictive economic policies have stifled regional integration. Economic policies have been guided by country-level considerations, with little attention to the region, and are not coordinated. Restrictions on trade and capital flows remain substantial and constrain regional integration for the private sector.

Author : Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0881324949
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maghreb Regional and Global Integration written by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing terrorist activity has led the Maghreb countries—Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, and Libya—to focus on antiterrorism efforts, unintentionally at the expense of full-fledged economic reform. These countries have tightened their border restrictions on the flow of people and goods, reducing commerce and depressing economic activity. In fact, Maghreb has one of the lowest rates of intra-regional trade in the world; other factors like rigid economic structures, slow productivity growth, and modest investment levels continue to stymie progress toward economic integration. Do these countries' diverse circumstances symbolize insurmountable obstacles in achieving economic cooperation and an improved standard of living for citizens? How can the United States and European Union facilitate economic progress? Maghreb Regional and Global Integration: A Dream to Be Fulfilled utilizes two distinct econometric tools to assess four key sectors—energy, banking and insurance, transport, and agribusiness—and outlines achievable sector-specific recommendations. This book not only assesses the gains from economic integration among the Maghreb countries, but also focuses on the tangible benefits from enhanced economic ties between the region and the world economy. With this critical analysis, the authors provide an in-depth look at practical measures such as bilateral trade and investment agreements, regional arrangements, and financial assistance that can significantly boost short-term success and ensure long-term gains through integration in an unstable region.

Author : Mr.Mohamad Ali Finaish
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1451969120
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arab Maghreb Union written by Mr.Mohamad Ali Finaish and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Founding Treaty of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), signed in February 1989, calls for a strengthening of all ties among its member states (Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia), including a gradual move toward free circulation of goods, services, and factors of production among them. The paper provides an overview of the economic conditions in the AMU member countries, describes the institutional arrangements under the AMU, and assesses the progress made in attaining the economic objectives of the Treaty. In so doing, the paper identifies the main obstacles encountered in making progress toward the objectives of the Treaty and reviews actions that need to be taken to make further progress in the coming years. In that context, the paper also examines the relationship of the AMU countries with the European Union (EU).

Author : Abderrahman Robana
Publisher : New York : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Prospects for an Economic Community in North Africa: Managing Economic Integration in the Maghreb States written by Abderrahman Robana and published by New York : Praeger. This book was released on 1973 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the prospects for economic integration of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and for the creation of a North African common market - covers institutional frameworks, theoretical aspects of integration, economic structures and trade structures, the obstacles and potentials for a Maghreb union, etc., and considers the economic planning experiences of each country. Bibliography pp. 182 to 202, map and statistical tables.

Author : Gary Clyde Hufbauer
Publisher : Peterson Institute
ISBN 13 : 9781435692275
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maghreb Regional and Global Integration written by Gary Clyde Hufbauer and published by Peterson Institute. This book was released on 2008 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working toward political stability by combating increased levels of terrorist activity, the Maghreb countries have shifted efforts away from executing full-fledged economic reform. At the same time, recently implemented economic reforms fall short of bolstering lackluster performance and easing political tension among neighbors. In fact, Maghreb has one of the lowest rates of intra-regional trade in the world; other factors like rigid economic structures, slow productivity growth, and modest investment levels continue to stymie progress toward economic integration. Do these countries' diverse circumstances symbolize insurmountable obstacles in achieving economic cooperation and an improved standard of living for citizens? How can the US and EU facilitate economic progress? This book not only assesses the gains from economic integration among the Maghreb countries, but also focuses on the benefits from enhanced economic ties between the region and the world economy.

Author : Benjamin Hätinger
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640694066
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multilateral vs. Regional Economic Integration? - The Middle East and North African Region written by Benjamin Hätinger and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diploma Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 2,3, University of Hohenheim, language: English, abstract: In this study it is intended to investigate today ́s actual economic interdependence of what we would call the Middle East and North African (MENA) region and to analyze its economic interweaving, both among its member countries and into the global trading system. Being aware of the complexity and breadth of this topic, the author has chosen only three subset economic integration agreements, both between the countries of the MENA region (intraregional) – also comprising a subregional agreement – and between the MENA region and other regions (interregional), for closer analysis. Concerning the efforts made towards interregional economic integration, this thesis concentrates mainly on the so-called EU-MED Partnership which was initiated at the Barcelona Conference in 1995 and aims to establish an EU-Med Free Trade Area (EMFTA) by the year 2010 including the EU and the 12 so-called Mediterranean countries which, apart from Malta, Cyprus and Turkey, all belong to the MENA region. In contrast, on the intraregional level, the latest initiative in 1997 will be examined, where 17 out of 22 Arab League member states - all of which also belong to the MENA region apart from Sudan – joined to constitute a “Greater Arab Free Trade Area” (GAFTA, mainly to get rid of traditional trade barriers for goods. On the smaller subregional level, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of 6 Gulf countries, which plans the establishment of a common currency by 2010, will be examined more closely. With GAFTA, GCC and the EU-MED Partnership all being in a different depth of integration and each representing one of the three different levels of integration (subregional, intraregional, interregional), the author holds the view that this choice reflects the actual state of integration in the region best. In a nutshell, this study tests the compatibility and correlation of the two different integration trends – multilateral and regional – using the example of the MENA region. Are they supplements or substitutes? Does regional integration inhibit or facilitate multilateral integration or vice versa? Are the above-mentioned regional integration arrangements contradictory, compatible or even mutually dependent? By approaching these questions the reader is to gain some insight into the so-called “Spaghetti Bowl” of cross-cutting integration agreements in the region.

Author : Khalid Sekkat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regional Integration Among the Maghreb Countries and Free Trade with the European Union written by Khalid Sekkat and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mustapha Rouis
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 082139729X
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regional Economic Integration in the Middle East and North Africa written by Mustapha Rouis and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the constraints to and opportunities for deepening economic integration within the MENA region and beyond. Trade and investment reform are discussed together with physical connectivity, cross-border trade facilitation, infrastructure networks, and the vital role of logistics.

Author : Juan Sole
Publisher : INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
ISBN 13 : 9781451866896
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries written by Juan Sole and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen financial markets, increase their efficiency, and enhance the resilience of economies to shocks. It can also play a catalyst role for the global financial integration of the Maghreb region. This paper provides an overview of the financial systems, takes stock of the reform effort and highlights the challenges ahead, and examines the prospects for financial integration in the five Maghreb countries.

Author : Abdelkader Djeflat
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135217491
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology and Transition written by Abdelkader Djeflat and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Maghreb countries had a promising start in economic growth after independence. For the most part they thrived on industrialisation by import substitution; but unfortunately this strategy left them with macroeconomic and structural imbalances which together have effectively constrained their ability to compete in the world economic system and to catch up with the rapidly changing global techno-economic circumstances. Issues relating to aspects of technology transfer to the Maghreb, strategies for technological and resource development and the integration of education and R&D systems with the productive systems of the economies in the region are discussed along with relevant cases from Mexico, China, South Korea, India and Bangladesh.