Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration

April 1, 1996

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Stanley Fischer, and Mohamed A. El-Erian Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1996) accessed November 23, 2024

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Summary

The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). After reviewing whether MENA satisfies the defining characteristics of a region, it documents the low level of regional economic interaction. It argues that gains from greater regional interactions will depend primarily on implementing domestic reform and external policies that, in any case, are needed for the region to benefit from the broader process of globalization of the world economy. It also discusses measures aimed directly at facilitating regional interaction.

Subject: Economic integration, Labor, Regional integration

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Country, Developing country, Economy, Europe, MENA country, MENA economy, MENA integration, MENA region, MENA resident, MENA trade, Regional integration, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

26
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Series:

Working Paper No. 1996/030
Stock No:

WPIEA0301996
ISBN:

9781451980363
ISSN:

1018-5941

Notes

The paper analyzes the scope and implications of greater economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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