Industrial Policy in the Middle East and North Africa : Rethinking the Role of the State.

Most governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region use trade policy to protect certain industries, provide tax incentives to promote a particular type of investment, and make subsidized credit available to firms of a certain size. Such government intervention, known as industrial pol...

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Main Author: Galal, Ahmed
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Comparative Assessment of Industrial Policy in Selected MENA Countries: An Overview; Do Governments Pick Winners or Losers? An Assessment of Industrial Policy in Egypt; Incentives or Compensation? Government Support for Private Investments in Turkey; An Empirical Analysis of Industrial Policy in Morocco; The East Asian Industrial Policy Experience: Implications for the Middle East; The Political Economy of Industrial Policy in the Middle East and North Africa; Index.