Key Challenges and Policy Reforms in the MENA Region

Mohamed Sami Ben Ali

ISBN 10: 3030921352 / ISBN 13: 9783030921354

Published by Springer, Springer Apr 2023, 2023

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume addresses economic challenges and policy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Despite important resources and strategic advantages, the region suffers from a number of economic, social, and political problems that impedes normal economic take-off. The volume contains theoretical and empirical studies covering individual countries and panel studies addressing these economic challenges. Chapters address issues such as economic growth; poverty and inequality; subsidies and public finances policies; external trade and financial liberalization; remittances,corruption, transparency, and institutions; renewable energy, digitalization, terrorism, regional integration, capital flight,money laundering, financial development and brain drain. Providing a comprehensive understanding of the most important and urgent economic challenges in the region, this volume will be a useful reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the MENA region.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 172 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Key Challenges and Policy Reforms in the MENA Region
• Publisher: Springer, Springer Apr 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030921352
• ISBN 13: 9783030921354
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 10D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 10 millimeters depth
• Weight: 271 grams

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Synopsis

This volume addresses economic challenges and policy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Despite important resources and strategic advantages, the region suffers from a number of economic, social, and political problems that impedes normal economic take-off. The volume contains theoretical and empirical studies covering individual countries and panel studies addressing these economic challenges. Chapters address issues such as economic growth; poverty and inequality; subsidies and public finances policies; external trade and financial liberalization; remittances,corruption, transparency, and institutions; renewable energy, digitalization, terrorism, regional integration, capital flight,money laundering, financial development and brain drain. Providing a comprehensive understanding of the most important and urgent economic challenges in the region, this volume will be a useful reference for researchers and policymakers interested in the MENA region. 

About the Author

Dr. Mohamed Sami Ben Ali is a professor of Economics at Qatar University. Previously, he was head of the economics department and member of the scientific board at HEC Business School, Tunisia. He holds a H.D.R. degree, the highest European qualification for research. Previously, he received a Ph.D. in Economics with high honors from the University of Lille, France, an M.Phil. (D.E.A.) in International Finance and International Trade, and a B.A. in Business Economics. He has been teaching for the past years at graduate and undergraduate levels in Tunisia, Qatar, and France where he was a visiting professor. Dr. Ben Ali is serving as associate editor for Springer and De Gruyter journals and editor for Palgrave, Springer and Routledge (Taylor and Francis) books series. He published a couple of books on economic development and has been named in 2021 as a highly cited researcher on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) by Times Higher Education ranking. He also has published numerous articles in French and in English in international refereed academic journals on different economic development and international monetary macroeconomics issues. He is actively participating and chairing in numerous international conferences.