Industrial Policy for Structural Transformation in the MENA Region

Julia Devlin

Chapter 6 in Economics of the Middle East:Development Challenges, 2016, pp 141-159 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: Despite two decades of trade liberalization and reforms, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries face challenges in diversifying export products. Non-oil export capacity for this region of 400 million people is comparable to that of Switzerland. Moreover, FDI flows remain concentrated in a handful of sectors and the region is only weakly integrated in global supply chains…

Keywords: Economic Development; Middle East; North Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O20 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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