TY - BOOK AU - Das Gupta, Dipak; Nabli, Mustapha K.; Das Gupta, Dipak; World Bank TI - Trade, investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa : engaging with the World SN - 0821355740 U1 - WB 330.956 TRA PY - 2003/// CY - Washington PB - World Bank KW - Africa, North KW - Middle East KW - Commerce KW - Economic history KW - International economic relations KW - Investments, Foreign N1 - Mena Development Report The main authors of this book ... are Dipak Dasgupta and Mustapha Kamel Nabli ... earlier versions of the book, background papers, and main themes were presented at sessions at the Economic Research Forum (ERF) meetings in Cairo in 2001 ... and the Arab Monetary Fund meeting ... in Abu Dhabi in 2003"--Page xvii; 1. Shifting to New Sources of Growth -- 2. Missed Opportunities in Global Integration -- 3. Identifying the Barriers: Trade Policy, Investment Climate, and the Political Economy -- 4. Achieving the Gains from Economic Integration -- 5. Services: The Key to Integration -- 6. From Adversity to Opportunity: Agriculture, Trade, and Water 7. Speeding Integration through Regional Agreements N2 - Expanding trade and investment is vital for the Middles East and North Africa region. This title analyzes why the region has yet to tap fully into the rich stream of global commerce and investment--and the measures needed to do so, including improvements in the domestic investment climate and reforms in the policies of the region's trading partners ER -