Economic and Social Development of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvii

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2. Economic Development, Trade and Investment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Determinants of Growth in SEMC

      • Leonor Coutinho

      Pages 3-17

   3. Euro-Mediterranean Trade: Shallow Versus Deep Integration

      • Nicolas Peridy, Ahmed F. Ghoneim

      Pages 19-35

   4. The EU-Turkey Customs Union: A Model for Future Euro-Med Integration

      • Subidey Togan

      Pages 37-48

   5. Manufactured Exports and FDI

      • Khalid Sekkat

      Pages 49-61

   6. Private Sector Development

      • Richard Woodward, Mehdi Safavi

      Pages 63-77

3. Sectoral Studies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Transport Infrastructure

      • Robin Carruthers

      Pages 81-94

   3. Agriculture

      • Saad Belghazi

      Pages 95-109

   4. Tourism in the Mediterranean

      • Robert Lanquar

      Pages 111-126

   5. The Textile Industry

      • Christiane Haberl

      Pages 127-142

   6. Information and Communication Infrastructure

      • Jawad J. Abbassi

      Pages 143-156

4. Financial Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Determinants of Financial Development Across the Mediterranean

      • Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Sami Ben Naceur, Willem Pieter De Groen

      Pages 159-181

   3. Dynamics of Bank Efficiency in the EU and SEMC: Is There a Convergence?

      • Barbara Casu, Alessandra Ferrari

      Pages 183-199

   4. Convergence of Banking Regulation

      • Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Willem Pieter De Groen

      Pages 201-218

   5. Financial Development, Bank Efficiency, and Economic Growth Across the Mediterranean

      • Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Sami Ben Naceur, Willem Pieter De Groen

      Pages 219-233

   6. Financial Sector Development Scenarios

      • Rym Ayadi, Emrah Arbak, Sami Ben Naceur, Willem Pieter De Groen

      Pages 235-249

5. Social Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251

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This book contains a unique collection of studies on key economic and social policy challenges faced by countries of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region in a short- and long-term perspective. Prepared within the EU funded FP7 project on „Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean Region (MEDPRO)” conducted in 2010-2013 it takes account on recent political developments in the region (Arab Spring) and their potential consequences. It covers a broad spectrum of topics such as factors of economic growth, macroeconomic and fiscal stability, trade and investment, Euro-Mediterranean and intra-regional economic integration, private sector development and privatizations, infrastructure, tourism, agriculture, financial sector development, poverty and inequality, education, labor market and gender issues.

• Algorithmic Pattern Recognition
• Efficient Market Hypothesis
• Financial Markets
• Technical Analysis
• Trading Strategies

• (CEPS), Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium

  Rym Ayadi

• Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), Warsaw, Poland

  Marek Dabrowski

• CASE - Center for Social and Economic Research, Warsaw, Poland

  Luc De Wulf

Dr. Rym Ayadi is Senior Research Fellow and Head of Research of the Financial Institutions, Prudential Policy and Tax Unit at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). She was coordinator of the FP7 project on „Prospective Analysis for the Mediterranean Region (MEDPRO)”.

Dr. Marek Dabrowski is Professor of Economics and former President of CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research. He has been involved in policy advising and policy research in several European, Asian and North African countries.

Dr. Luc De Wulf is Fellow at CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research and retired staff member of the IMF and World Bank with vast policy research and policy advising experience in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

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