Ali Kadri examines how over the last three decades the Arab world has undergone a
process of developmental descent, or de-development. Driven by their own class proclivity …

Qatar's long-term strategy is to plan for when the country will not be dependent upon oil and
gas reserves. The strategy focuses on export diversification through development of service …

In this paper we contribute to the empirical literature on growth in the MENA region by
attempting to quantify the impact of the various constraints faced by local businesses …

This report provides a review of empirical knowledge about income inequality in the Arab
region, focusing primarily on the issues of data and measurement, and the characterization …

ABSTRACT The Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) economies have one of the
highest degrees of dependency on received remittances worldwide. In this study, we have …

In this paper we estimate gravity models to see whether trade volumes of countries in the
MENA region are significantly lower than what would be expected given their economic …

The purpose of present research is to cluster 11 oil-richest MENA countries; Algeria, Egypt,
Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates …

The development of a knowledge economy requires a nation to foster a robust foundation in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The countries of the Arab …

Sažetak This paper investigates the long-run relationship between GDP growth and
unemployment for the following selected MENA countries: Turkey, Egypt, Israel, and Jordan …

Against the backdrop of the Arab–Spring protests, we examine macroeconomic stabilization
under regime shift. We model this as a dynamic interaction between a government and a …