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Champions wanted : promoting exports in the Middle East and North Africa / / Mélise Jaud and Caroline Freund
| Champions wanted : promoting exports in the Middle East and North Africa / / Mélise Jaud and Caroline Freund |
| Autore | Jaud Mélise |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (91 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337.156 |
| Collana | Directions in Development. Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Free trade - Middle East
Free trade - Africa, North |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Overview""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Exports for Growth, More and Better Jobs""; ""Firm-Level Perspectives on MENA Trade Performance""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 One Champion, but No Team""; ""Key Messages""; ""Who Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Alone at the Top""; ""Lacking Market Power""; ""And Failing to Drive Comparative Advantage""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Priced out of Global Markets""; ""Key Messages""; ""Exchange Rate Policy in MENA""; ""Under-Exporting and Over-Importing""
""Overvaluation Hurts""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Getting Policy Right""; ""Key Messages""; ""The Policy Environment in MENA""; ""Tariffs, NTMs, and Market Power""; ""Tariffs Limit Global Value Chains""; ""Regulatory Convergence as Export Promotion""; ""Laissez-Passer: It Matters""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Industrial Policy in MENA: The Small and the Big""; ""Key Messages""; ""Export Promotion: Too Small to Matter""; ""Champions or Cronies?""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Building Export Champions: Implications for Policy"" ""MENA Needs More Export Champions""""Some Policy Leads""; ""Appendix A Firm-Level Data and Competitiveness Indicators""; ""Appendix B Superstars and Revealed Comparative Advantage across Industries""; ""Appendix C NTM Regulatory Distance Methodology""; ""Boxes""; ""Box 1.1 Exports Matter for Jobs: Evidence from Tunisia""; ""Box 2.1 Sanctions and Trade Deflection: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran""; ""Box 4.1 Regulatory Harmonization and Firm Performance in Morocco: What Should We Expect?""; ""Box 4.2? How Valuable Is Market Access? Evidence from the West Bank"" ""Box 5.1 Export Support: Remedy or Addictive Drug?""""Figures""; ""Figure B1.1.1 Trade Participation and Employment""; ""Figure 2.1 Who Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Figure 2.2 Distribution of Firms and Export Values by Product-Destination Coverage""; ""Figure 2.3 How Diversified Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Figure B2.1.1 Exporters Dynamics with or without Sanctions""; ""Figure 2.4 The Top Firm Is Unique in MENA""; ""Figure 2.5 MENA Exporters Lack Punching Power""; ""Figure 2.6 Export Superstars and Revealed Comparative Advantage""; ""Figure 3.1 Trade Costs in MENA"" ""Figure 4.1 Comparative Evolution of Average Tariffs, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's""""Figure 4.2 NTMs in MENA: From Command-and-Control to Regulations""; ""Figure 4.3 Trade Policy and Pricing-to-Market""; ""Figure 4.4 Trade Protection on Final and Intermediate Inputs in MENA""; ""Figure 4.5 Imported Inputs and Export Prices in Morocco""; ""Figure 4.6 Cross-Country Regulatory Distances""; ""Figure 4.7 Harmonization of Moroccan NTMs with EU Regulations""; ""Figure 4.8 Did Harmonization Protect Morocco's Home Market?"" ""Figure B4.2.1 Mobility Restrictions and Economic Performance in the West Bank"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460389703321 |
Jaud Mélise
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| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Champions Wanted : : Promoting Exports in the Middle East and North Africa / / Jaud, Melise;Freund, Caroline
| Champions Wanted : : Promoting Exports in the Middle East and North Africa / / Jaud, Melise;Freund, Caroline |
| Autore | Jaud Melise |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (88 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337.156 |
| Collana | Directions in Development - Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Free trade - Middle East
Free trade - Africa, North |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Front Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Overview""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction""; ""Exports for Growth, More and Better Jobs""; ""Firm-Level Perspectives on MENA Trade Performance""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2 One Champion, but No Team""; ""Key Messages""; ""Who Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Alone at the Top""; ""Lacking Market Power""; ""And Failing to Drive Comparative Advantage""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3 Priced out of Global Markets""; ""Key Messages""; ""Exchange Rate Policy in MENA""; ""Under-Exporting and Over-Importing""
""Overvaluation Hurts""""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4 Getting Policy Right""; ""Key Messages""; ""The Policy Environment in MENA""; ""Tariffs, NTMs, and Market Power""; ""Tariffs Limit Global Value Chains""; ""Regulatory Convergence as Export Promotion""; ""Laissez-Passer: It Matters""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5 Industrial Policy in MENA: The Small and the Big""; ""Key Messages""; ""Export Promotion: Too Small to Matter""; ""Champions or Cronies?""; ""Note""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6 Building Export Champions: Implications for Policy"" ""MENA Needs More Export Champions""""Some Policy Leads""; ""Appendix A Firm-Level Data and Competitiveness Indicators""; ""Appendix B Superstars and Revealed Comparative Advantage across Industries""; ""Appendix C NTM Regulatory Distance Methodology""; ""Boxes""; ""Box 1.1 Exports Matter for Jobs: Evidence from Tunisia""; ""Box 2.1 Sanctions and Trade Deflection: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Iran""; ""Box 4.1 Regulatory Harmonization and Firm Performance in Morocco: What Should We Expect?""; ""Box 4.2? How Valuable Is Market Access? Evidence from the West Bank"" ""Box 5.1 Export Support: Remedy or Addictive Drug?""""Figures""; ""Figure B1.1.1 Trade Participation and Employment""; ""Figure 2.1 Who Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Figure 2.2 Distribution of Firms and Export Values by Product-Destination Coverage""; ""Figure 2.3 How Diversified Are MENA Exporters?""; ""Figure B2.1.1 Exporters Dynamics with or without Sanctions""; ""Figure 2.4 The Top Firm Is Unique in MENA""; ""Figure 2.5 MENA Exporters Lack Punching Power""; ""Figure 2.6 Export Superstars and Revealed Comparative Advantage""; ""Figure 3.1 Trade Costs in MENA"" ""Figure 4.1 Comparative Evolution of Average Tariffs, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's""""Figure 4.2 NTMs in MENA: From Command-and-Control to Regulations""; ""Figure 4.3 Trade Policy and Pricing-to-Market""; ""Figure 4.4 Trade Protection on Final and Intermediate Inputs in MENA""; ""Figure 4.5 Imported Inputs and Export Prices in Morocco""; ""Figure 4.6 Cross-Country Regulatory Distances""; ""Figure 4.7 Harmonization of Moroccan NTMs with EU Regulations""; ""Figure 4.8 Did Harmonization Protect Morocco's Home Market?"" ""Figure B4.2.1 Mobility Restrictions and Economic Performance in the West Bank"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797288103321 |
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Jaud Melise
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| Washington, D.C., : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Regional economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa : beyond trade reform / / Mustapha Rouis, Steven R. Tabor
| Regional economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa : beyond trade reform / / Mustapha Rouis, Steven R. Tabor |
| Autore | Rouis Mustapha |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337.1/56 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TaborSteven R |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiscal policy - Africa, North
Fiscal policy - Middle East |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-88945-5
0-8213-9729-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; O.1 MENA's Export Share in the World of Nonfuel Goods and Services; O.2 Share of Exports within Regions; O.3 Change in PTA Volume of Trade; Chapter 1 Why Economic Integration Matters: Potential Gains and Challenges; The Case for Economic Integration; Boxes; 1.1 ASEAN-A Model of Open Regionalism; References; Chapter 2 Regional Integration through Trade in Goods; Trade Performance; 2.1 Export Share by Destination (Excluding Oil)
2.2 Concentration and Diversification Indices of Export Products in MENA2.1 Moving Up the Technological Ladder in Exports-The Cases of Jordan and Tunisia; Barriers to Trade in Goods Have Been Reduced to Some Extent; 2.3 Tariff-only Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI_T) by Region, 2009; Policy Recommendations; 2.4 Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) by Region, 2009; Tables; 2.1 Trading across MENA Borders; 2.5 LPI Scores in MENA versus Other Regions; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Regional Integration through Trade in Services; Services Trade Performance 3.1 Services Value-Added Growth Is Positively Correlated with Per-Capita GDP Growth in MENA3.2 Export Composition; 3.1 Net Remittance Flows (current US millions); Impediments to the Services Trade; 3.1 Case Studies on Services Sector Liberalization; 3.3 Restrictiveness of Services Trade Policies and Share of Services in GDP, GCC, and Other Regions; 3.4 Logistics Performance among Arab World Subregions; Regional Trade Agreements and Service Flows; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Cross-Border Infrastructure: Building Backbone Services The Transport Sector-Extensive but Often Deficient Networks4.1 Time and Cost Data for MENA Import and Export Container Movements; The Power Sector-Initiatives Underway to Interconnect Electricity Networks; 4.1 Priority Policy and Institutional Reforms in the MENA Region; 4.2 Potential Transmission and Interconnection Lines; Information and Communications Technology; 4.2 Regional TNO Groups' Subsidiaries and Subscriber Outreach Abroad; 4.3 Competition in MENA's Fixed Infrastructure and Mobile Markets; 4.3 The IT-BPO Industry as a New Opportunity in the MENA Region; Notes; References Chapter 5 Trade Facilitation and LogisticsHigh Trade Costs and Low Logistics Performance; 5.1 Bilateral Trade Costs for Industrial Products; 5.1 Trade Costs for Manufactured and Agricultural Goods, Maghreb and Selected European Countries; Main Logistics Issues across the MENA Region; 5.2 Logistics Performance and Shipping Connectivity; Capacity Building Projects; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Preferential Trade Agreements; PTA Implementation-A Lot More Can Be Done; PTA Impact-Mixed Effects; 6.1 Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements for Development 6.1 GCC Tariff Rates, 2010 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452669103321 |
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Rouis Mustapha
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Regional economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa : : beyond trade reform / / Mustapha Rouis and Steven R. Tabor
| Regional economic integration in the Middle East and North Africa : : beyond trade reform / / Mustapha Rouis and Steven R. Tabor |
| Autore | Rouis Mustapha |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
| Disciplina | 337.1/56 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TaborSteven R |
| Collana | Directions in development |
| Soggetto topico |
Fiscal policy - Africa, North
Fiscal policy - Middle East |
| ISBN |
1-283-88945-5
0-8213-9729-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Figures; O.1 MENA's Export Share in the World of Nonfuel Goods and Services; O.2 Share of Exports within Regions; O.3 Change in PTA Volume of Trade; Chapter 1 Why Economic Integration Matters: Potential Gains and Challenges; The Case for Economic Integration; Boxes; 1.1 ASEAN-A Model of Open Regionalism; References; Chapter 2 Regional Integration through Trade in Goods; Trade Performance; 2.1 Export Share by Destination (Excluding Oil)
2.2 Concentration and Diversification Indices of Export Products in MENA2.1 Moving Up the Technological Ladder in Exports-The Cases of Jordan and Tunisia; Barriers to Trade in Goods Have Been Reduced to Some Extent; 2.3 Tariff-only Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI_T) by Region, 2009; Policy Recommendations; 2.4 Overall Trade Restrictiveness Index (OTRI) by Region, 2009; Tables; 2.1 Trading across MENA Borders; 2.5 LPI Scores in MENA versus Other Regions; Notes; References; Chapter 3 Regional Integration through Trade in Services; Services Trade Performance 3.1 Services Value-Added Growth Is Positively Correlated with Per-Capita GDP Growth in MENA3.2 Export Composition; 3.1 Net Remittance Flows (current US millions); Impediments to the Services Trade; 3.1 Case Studies on Services Sector Liberalization; 3.3 Restrictiveness of Services Trade Policies and Share of Services in GDP, GCC, and Other Regions; 3.4 Logistics Performance among Arab World Subregions; Regional Trade Agreements and Service Flows; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Cross-Border Infrastructure: Building Backbone Services The Transport Sector-Extensive but Often Deficient Networks4.1 Time and Cost Data for MENA Import and Export Container Movements; The Power Sector-Initiatives Underway to Interconnect Electricity Networks; 4.1 Priority Policy and Institutional Reforms in the MENA Region; 4.2 Potential Transmission and Interconnection Lines; Information and Communications Technology; 4.2 Regional TNO Groups' Subsidiaries and Subscriber Outreach Abroad; 4.3 Competition in MENA's Fixed Infrastructure and Mobile Markets; 4.3 The IT-BPO Industry as a New Opportunity in the MENA Region; Notes; References Chapter 5 Trade Facilitation and LogisticsHigh Trade Costs and Low Logistics Performance; 5.1 Bilateral Trade Costs for Industrial Products; 5.1 Trade Costs for Manufactured and Agricultural Goods, Maghreb and Selected European Countries; Main Logistics Issues across the MENA Region; 5.2 Logistics Performance and Shipping Connectivity; Capacity Building Projects; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Preferential Trade Agreements; PTA Implementation-A Lot More Can Be Done; PTA Impact-Mixed Effects; 6.1 Implementation of Preferential Trade Agreements for Development 6.1 GCC Tariff Rates, 2010 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779362103321 |
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Rouis Mustapha
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| Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Trade competitiveness of the Middle East and North Africa : : policies for export diversification / / Jose R. Lopez-Calix, Peter Walkenhorst, and Ndiame Diop, editors
| Trade competitiveness of the Middle East and North Africa : : policies for export diversification / / Jose R. Lopez-Calix, Peter Walkenhorst, and Ndiame Diop, editors |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxii, 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; ; 23 cm |
| Disciplina | 330.956 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LópezJosé Roberto
WalkenhorstPeter DiopNdiame |
| Collana | Directions in development. Trade |
| Soggetto topico |
Exports - Middle East
Exports - Africa, North Free trade - Middle East Free trade - Africa, North |
| ISBN |
1-282-72551-3
9786612725517 0-8213-8075-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1: Trade Reforms for Export Competitiveness: What Are the Issues for the Middle East and North Africa?; Export Diversification; Services Trade; Relations with China and India; Regional Integration; Note; References; PART I: Export Diversification; Chapter 2: FDI Flows and Export Diversification: Looking at Extensive and Intensive Margins; Chapter 3: Promoting New Exports: Experience from Industry Case Studies; Chapter 4: Export Diversification in Algeria; PART II: Services Trade
Chapter 5: Emerging Export Services: Where Does Tunisia Stand?Chapter 6: Anchoring Services Reform: The European Neighborhood Policy and Morocco; Chapter 7: Services Trade as an Engine of Development: Situation and Prospects in Algeria; PART III: Relations with China and India; Chapter 8: Economic Growth in China and India: Challenges and Opportunities for the Middle East and North Africa; Chapter 9: Globalization and Competition from China and India: Policy Responses in the Middle East and North Africa; PART IV: Regional Integration Chapter 10: Regional Integration: Status, Developments, and ChallengesChapter 11: Economic Gains of Regional Agreements in the Maghreb: Deeper versus Wider Integration; Index; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791478503321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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