Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Growth, reform, and governance. Long-term economic development challenges and prospects for the Arab countries / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Reform complementarities and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis -- After Argentina : was MENA right to be cautious? / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Restarting Arab economic reform / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Democracy for better governance and higher economic growth in the MENA region? / Mustapha K. Nabli and Carlos Silva-Jáuregui -- The political economy of industrial policy in the Middle East and North Africa / Mustapha K. Nabli ... [et al.] -- Labor markets and human capital. The macroeconomics of labor market outcomes in MENA / Jennifer Keller and Mustapha K. Nabli -- Challenges and opportunities for the 21st century / Mustapha Nabli -- Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa / Pierre-Richard Agénor ... [et al.] -- Economic reforms and people mobility for a more effective EU-MED partnership / Ishac Diwan ... [et al.] -- Trade, competitiveness, and investment. Cruise control, shock absorbers, and traffic lights / Mustapha K. Nabli -- Trade, foreign direct investment, and development in the Middle East and North Africa / Farrukh Iqbal and Mustapha Kamel Nabli -- Making trade work for jobs / Dipak Dasgupta ... [et al.] -- Exchange rate management within the Middle East and North Africa Region / Mustapha Nabli, Jennifer Keller, and Marie-Ange Véganzonès -- How does exchange rate policy affect manufactured exports in MENA countries / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis -- Public infrastructure and private investment in the Middle East and North Africa / Pierre-Richard Agénor, Mustapha K. Nabli, and Tarik M. Yousef -- Governance, institutions, and private investment / Ahmet Faruk Aysan, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, and Marie-Ange Véganzonès-Varoudakis.