The role of institutions in economic development / Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Sorin M.S. Krammer. - Sources of economic growth in MENA countries : technological progress, physical or human capital accumulations? / Senay Acikgoz, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Merter Mert. - The Middle East and North...

Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders in the region

This chapter discusses whether the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries are prone to be cursed or blessed by their natural resources endowments. It thus reviews the literature on the resource curse theory. The existence of a resource curse is discussed and arguments against advocates...

Chapter 1. Terrorism Impact on Public Debt and Government Borrowing Cost: New Empirical Evidence from Long Run Relationship in MENA Countries -- Chapter 2. Digital gaps and economic inequalities in MENA countries: An Empirical Investigation -- Chapter 3. Assessing the determinants of capital...

This paper analyzes the role of economic development in curbing corruption by focusing on political and economic freedoms for a sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2013. In addition, the analysis investigates whether political and economic freedoms...

This paper analyzes the role of economic development in curbing corruption by focusing on political and economic freedoms for a sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2013. In addition, the analysis investigates whether political and economic freedoms...