Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration

El-Erian, Mohamed A.; Fischer, Stanley

doi:10.1057/9780333994269_5

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“…There is support within the literature for linking these countries for political analysis (Ross 2001). This support includes using analysis from international entities (El-Erian 1996) and, more specifically, for conducting policy analysis on international entities within the context of gender politics (Obermeyer 1992). In addition, this study attempts to uncover the trends, if any, of the effect of gender on environmental concern in the Arab Middle East.…”

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Gender and Environmental Concerns in the Middle East

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Alibeli

2011

Perspect Global Dev Technol

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The effect of gender on environmental concern among samples of college students in the Middle East is examined in this article. The current study investigates gender's influence on environmental awareness, degree of support for efforts to solve environmental problems, and willingness to make personal contribution to solve environmental problems. Data were obtained from the Unit for Community and Environmental Studies in the SSRC at Mississippi State University. To achieve the objectives of this study, Factor Analysis and multiple regressions were used. In line with the literature, the results indicate inconsistent and unclear effect of gender on levels of concern about the environment in the Middle East.

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Gender and Environmental Concerns in the Middle East

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Alibeli

2011

Perspect Global Dev Technol

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“…Many investigations conclude that serious structural economic reforms are needed as a condition for economic growth in Middle Eastern countries (Eken, Helbling and Mazarei, 1997, El-Erian and Fisher, 1996, Jreisat, 1999 All of the gaps mentioned, as well as others impose serious constraints on the potential for cooperation between countries and on the economic impact of such cooperation. The economic regimes of the Arab countries in the Middle East are mostly quite centralized, with high levels of state involvement and trade protection.…”

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The Potential Effect of Peace on Regional Economic Cooperation in the Middle East

Bar‐El¹,

Schwartz²

2003

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

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The peace process in the Middle East has heightened the prospects of potential benefits from regional economic cooperation. However, its actual implementation is subject to many constraints, stemming from the economic gaps between the countries, significant differences in social and economic structures and the prevalence of other non-economic priorities. Patterns of economic cooperation in specific fields (projects, trade, labor and capital) are identified and analyzed in terms of their sensitivity to constraints and of their potential contribution. AbstractThe peace process in the Middle East has heightened the prospects of potential benefits from regional economic cooperation. However, its actual implementation is subject to many constraints, stemming from the economic gaps between the countries, significant differences in social and economic structures and the prevalence of other non-economic priorities.Patterns of economic cooperation in specific fields (projects, trade, labor and capital) are identified and analyzed in terms of their sensitivity to constraints and of their potential contribution. 2

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“…The intra-regional trade in the Southern Mediterranean is presently rather insignificant (with only a few exceptions) [see El-Erian and Fischer, 1996;Hoekman, 1995]. This is mainly due to a lack of regionally tradable goods: A very substantial part of the regional exports consists of raw materials and semi-finished goods for which the demand is low in the Med Countries due to a lack of procession capacities.…”

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The European Union in the World Economy and Implications of EU Policies for Globalisation Efforts of Developing Countries

Nienhaus

2002

Humanomics

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The world economy is a network of individual states and regional groupings of countries which are interlinked by trade in cross‐border goods and services, movements of factors of production (labour and especially capital) and financial flows. The intensity of these international linkages has grown in absolute and relative terms (related to GDP) after World War II and especially in the 1990s. After the collapse of the communist systems and in view of a worldwide political trend towards deregulation and liberalisation, increasing globalisation has become a widely debated phenomenon. One difference between the 1990s and previous periods is the increasing internationalisation of production through networks of transnational corporations (TNCs).

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Is MENA a Region? The Scope for Regional Integration

Cited by 23 publications

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Gender and Environmental Concerns in the Middle East

Gender and Environmental Concerns in the Middle East

The Potential Effect of Peace on Regional Economic Cooperation in the Middle East

The European Union in the World Economy and Implications of EU Policies for Globalisation Efforts of Developing Countries

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