Champions Wanted: Promoting Exports in the Middle East and North Africa

by Melise Jaud and Caroline Freund

While other emerging regions have been thriving, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region's aggregate export performance over the past two decades has been consistently weak. Using detailed firm-level export data from Customs administrations, Champions Wanted explains why. One central finding of the book is that the size distribution of MENA's exporting firms is suggestive of a critical weakness at the top. With the exception of the top firm,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464804605
• ISBN13: 9781464804601
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"