The paper examines whether countries in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) that exhibit higher degrees of transparency also exhibit better trade logistics. The paper divides the MENA region (19 countries) into two groups, high transparency and low transparency, according to the Corruptions...

The study tries to shed light on the question of why the economic development of Malaysia, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt had different success rates during the period from 1971 and 2009. The three countries are moderate Islamic countries and had started their economic development about...