03009nam 2200565Ia 450 991045130880332120200520144314.00-8157-9601-3(CKB)1000000000446784(EBL)3004424(OCoLC)923615819(SSID)ssj0000105021(PQKBManifestationID)11981899(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105021(PQKBWorkID)10087859(PQKB)10758401(MiAaPQ)EBC3004424(OCoLC)1097085272(MdBmJHUP)muse73214(Au-PeEL)EBL3004424(CaPaEBR)ebr10063903(EXLCZ)99100000000044678420041017d2003 my 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrArab economic integration[electronic resource] between hope and reality /Ahmed Galal, Bernard Hoekman, editorsCairo Egyptian Center for Economic Studies ;Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20031 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-3031-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Between hope and reality : an overview of Arab economic integration / Ahmed Galal and Bernard Hoekman -- The economics and politics of Arab economic integration / Samiha Fawzy -- Egypt's export puzzle / Ahmed Galal and Samiha Fawzy -- A survey of barriers to trade and investment in Arab countries / Jamel Zarrouk -- Alternative paths to prosperity : economic integration among Arab countries / Denise Eby Konan -- Initial conditions and incentives for Arab economic integration : can the European Community's success be emulated? / Bernard Hoekman and Patrick Messerlin -- What can Arab countries learn from Europe? an institutional analysis / L. Alan Winters.A Brookings Institution Press and the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES) publication Improving the economic performance of Arab countries is now more critical than ever. The region faces high population growth rates, rising unemployment, and modest economic growth coupled with increasingly intense competition from emerging markets in eastern Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Meeting these challenges requires finding ways to overcome political obstacles that impede socially beneficial economic reforms. Despite fifty years of repeated attempts at Arab economic integration, the results inArab cooperationArab countriesEconomic conditionsElectronic books.Arab cooperation.337.1/174927Galal Ahmed1948-121235Hoekman Bernard M.1959-126371MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451308803321Arab economic integration2041266UNINA