TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ayadi,Rym
AU  - Dabrowski,Marek
AU  - De Wulf,Luc
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Economic and Social Development of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries
SN  - 9783319111223
AV  - HD72-88 
U1  - 338.9 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer International Publishing, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Economics
KW  - Development Economics
KW  - Economic policy
KW  - International economics
KW  - Macroeconomics
KW  - Social policy
KW  - Finance
KW  - Economics/Management Science
KW  - International Economics
KW  - Financial Economics
KW  - Economic Policy
KW  - Social Policy
KW  - Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics
N1  - Economic Development, Trade and Investment: Determinants of Growth in SEMC -- Euro-Mediterranean Trade: Shallow vs. Deep Integration -- The EU-Turkey Customs Union: A Model for Future Euro-Med Integration -- Manufactured Exports and FDI -- Private Sector Development -- Sectoral Studies: Transport Infrastructure -- Agriculture -- Tourism in the Mediterranean -- The Textile Industry -- Information and Communication Infrastructure -- Financial Development: Determinants of Financial Development Across the Mediterranean -- Dynamics of Bank Efficiency in the EU and SEMC: Is There a Convergence?- Convergence of Banking Regulation -- Financial Development, Bank Efficiency, and Economic Growth Across the Mediterranean -- Financial Sector Development Scenarios -- Social Development: Education Systems and Their Impact on the Labor Market -- Measuring Returns to Education and Human Capital -- Determinants and Measures of Inequality -- Female Labor Force Participation and Economic Development -- Summary: The Economic and Social Policy Reform Agenda in the SEMC: Towards a Sustainable Transition
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11122-3
ER  -