Alessandro Romagnoli is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna.Luisa Mengoni is a Post-doc scholar at SDIC at the University of Bologna.

• Introduction  1. Middle East and North Africa: A Harmonized Geographic Region Without a Complete Regionalism 2. The Economic Development of “Late Comers”  3. Institutions and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Between Economic Challenges and Stability Policies  4. Demographic Dynamics and Development Implications in the Middle East and North Africa 5. The Performance of MENA Economies Between Internal Conditions and External Shocks 6. Social Contract, Human Development and Welfare in MENA 7. Human Capital and Labour Markets in the MENA Region  8. The Migration-Development Link in the MENA Region  9. The Openness of the MENA Economies: Beyond the Lost Regionalism, En Route For A New Regional Arrangement  10. Conclusion

Alessandro Romagnoli is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna.Luisa Mengoni is a Post-doc scholar at SDIC at the University of Bologna.

• Introduction  1. Middle East and North Africa: A Harmonized Geographic Region Without a Complete Regionalism 2. The Economic Development of “Late Comers”  3. Institutions and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Between Economic Challenges and Stability Policies  4. Demographic Dynamics and Development Implications in the Middle East and North Africa 5. The Performance of MENA Economies Between Internal Conditions and External Shocks 6. Social Contract, Human Development and Welfare in MENA 7. Human Capital and Labour Markets in the MENA Region  8. The Migration-Development Link in the MENA Region  9. The Openness of the MENA Economies: Beyond the Lost Regionalism, En Route For A New Regional Arrangement  10. Conclusion

Alessandro Romagnoli is Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bologna.Luisa Mengoni is a Post-doc scholar at SDIC at the University of Bologna.

• Introduction  1. Middle East and North Africa: A Harmonized Geographic Region Without a Complete Regionalism 2. The Economic Development of “Late Comers”  3. Institutions and Development in the Middle East and North Africa: Between Economic Challenges and Stability Policies  4. Demographic Dynamics and Development Implications in the Middle East and North Africa 5. The Performance of MENA Economies Between Internal Conditions and External Shocks 6. Social Contract, Human Development and Welfare in MENA 7. Human Capital and Labour Markets in the MENA Region  8. The Migration-Development Link in the MENA Region  9. The Openness of the MENA Economies: Beyond the Lost Regionalism, En Route For A New Regional Arrangement  10. Conclusion