This paper investigates the evolution and determinants of manufactured exports and FDI in MED-11 countries over the period 1985-2009 as well as the prospects of their evolution under different scenarios pertaining to the evolution of the determinants. The econometric analysis confirmed the role...

The paper investigates the reasons for the established disappointing performance of the Arab education system as compared to the rest of the world. We focus on the role of the quality of informal institutions as measured by the World Value Survey (WVS) and formal institutions as measured by the...

Reforms, market dynamics and productivitry in developing countries / Khalid Sekkat -- Exit-entry dynamics : case of the manufacturing sector in Jordan / Nesreen Barakat and Ibrahim Saif -- Industrial dynamics and productivity in Morocco : Lahcen Achy and Khalid Sekkat -- Entry, exit, and...

Recent empirical evidence on the impact of reforms in a number of developing countries shows that such persistence of inefficiency and market power is specific to MENA. Showcasing in-depth analyses from Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey (with comparative data from Asia and Latin America),...