Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa

Journal of International Development

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-54

  Nabli, Mustapha Kamel ^a   Véganzonès Varoudakis, Marie Ange ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b IRD   (France)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Economic reform; Middle East and North Africa

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC REFORM; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HUMAN CAPITAL; MACROECONOMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFORM PROCESS;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

MUSSA;

EID: 33846510986     PISSN: 09541748     EISSN: 10991328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jid.1286     Document Type: Article

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