Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Audrey Verdier-Chouchane, African Development BankCharlotte Karagueuzian, African Development Bank Etienne Farvaque, University of Lille, FranceEugenie W. M. Maïga, Université de Koudougou, Burkina FasoJohn Chukwudi Anyanwuis, African Development BankKazi Sohag, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaLara Cockx, University of Leuven, BelgiumMerter Mert, Gazi University, TurkeyMina Baliamoune-Lutz, University of North Florida, USAMuhammad Azmat Hayat, University of the Punjab, PakistanNadège Désirée Yaméogo, African Development BankNahla Samargandi, Brunel University, UK & King Abdulaziz University, Saudi ArabiaNathalie Francken, University of Antwerp, BelgiumSenay Acikgoz, Gazi University, TurkeyShrabani Saha, University of Lincoln, UKSorin M. S. Krammer, University of Groningen, Netherlands

• 1. The Role of Institutions in Economic Development; Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Sorin M.S. Krammer2. Sources of Economic Growth in MENA Countries: Technological Progress, Physical or Human Capital Accumulations?; Senay Acikgoz, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Merter Mert3. The Middle East and North Africa: Cursed by Natural resources?; Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Lara Cockx and Nathalie Francken4. Workers ' ' Remittances and Economic Development: Which Role for Education?; Eugenie W. M. Maïga, Mina Baliamoune-Lutz and Mohamed Sami Ben Ali5. The Inflation-Central Bank Independence Nexus: Where Do MENA Countries Stand?; Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Etienne Farvaque and Muhammad Azmat Hayat6. Corruption and Economic Development; Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Shrabani Saha 7. The Finance-Growth Nexus: Which Factors Can Interfere?; Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Nahla Samargandi and Kazi Sohag8. Trade Diversification and Intra-Regional Trade in North Africa; Audrey Verdier-Chouchane, Mohamed Sami Ben Ali and Charlotte Karagueuzian 9. Foreign Direct Investment in Middle Eastern and North African Countries; John Chukwudi Anyanwu, Nadège Désirée Yaméogo and Mohamed Sami Ben Ali