The trade performance of the Middle East and North Africa (English)

This paper characterizes the trade performance of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) over the past 15 years. Cross-section results show that MENA's exports to the outside world were only one third of their potential in recent years, after controlling for the standard determinants of trade. Results from panel data show that MENA's exports have been expanding more rapidly than exports from the rest of the world, offering some evidence of convergence...

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Behar,Alberto;

Freund,Caroline;
Document Date
2011/07/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
64339
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Middle East and North Africa,
Region
Middle East and North Africa,
Disclosure Date
2011/08/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
The trade performance of the Middle East and North Africa
Keywords
share of world trade

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Behar,Alberto; Freund,Caroline.

The trade performance of the Middle East and North Africa (English). Middle East and North Africa working paper series ; no. 53 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/623021468279879364

The trade performance of the Middle East and North Africa (English)

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