Chauffour, Jean-Pierre2012-03-192012-03-192011-02-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3347The current political turmoil for more open and participative societies in many Arab countries coupled with the emergence of new growth poles around the world could create the conditions for a big push toward greater regional and global trade integration of the Arab world. Further integrating Arab countries among themselves and opening up the region to the rest of the world are two complementary avenues to improve market access, promote behind-the-border regulatory reforms, facilitate cooperation on regional public goods, foster the emergence of an "Arab factory" through regional supply chains and productions networks, and eventually create the conditions for more and better paid jobs for the growing Arab workforce. A more ambitious trade agenda in the context of the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area would be a good place to start. Although difficult and challenging, and requiring a good dosage of flexibility and variable geometry, such an agenda would consist of (1) completing the free movement of goods within the Pan-Arab Free Trade Area, notably through the elimination of unnecessary non-tariff barriers; (2) implementing a regional initiative to liberalize services trade, including identifying a number of pilot service sectors for early regional liberalization; and (3) strengthening the rules and discipline applicable to regional trade and other policies of common interest.CC BY 3.0 IGOAD VALOREMAGREEMENT ON TRADEAIR TRANSPORTANCHOR COUNTRYARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENTAUDITSAVERAGE TARIFFBARRIERS TO ENTRYBILATERAL TRADEBLOC TRADEBORDER TRADEBROKERAGEBUSINESS REGULATIONSCARRIERSCOMMON MARKETCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE REGIONSCONCESSIONSCROSS-BORDER TRADECURRENCYCUSTOMSCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS PROCEDURESCUSTOMS UNIONDEMAND ELASTICITIESDEMOCRACIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDEVELOPING WORLDDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMDOMESTIC LAWDOMESTIC MARKETSDOMESTIC PRODUCERSECONOMIC CONVERGENCEECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC POWERSECONOMIC REFORMENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSEUROPEAN UNIONEXPORT DIVERSIFICATIONEXPORT GROWTHEXPORT SHAREEXPORT STRUCTUREEXPORTERSEXPORTSEXPOSUREEXTERNAL MARKETSEXTERNAL TARIFFEXTERNAL TARIFFSFACTORY GATEFINAL GOODSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL SERVICESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN OWNERSHIPFREE MOVEMENT OF LABORFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSFREE TRADE AREAFREIGHT FORWARDERSGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICESGLOBAL COMPETITIVENESSGLOBAL COMPETITORSGLOBAL INTEGRATIONGLOBAL TRADEGLOBAL TRADINGGLOBALIZATIONGOVERNMENT ACTIONGRAVITY MODELGRAVITY MODELSHARMONIZATIONHARMONIZATION OF REGULATIONSHIGH TARIFFSHUMAN CAPITALIMPORT PROTECTIONIMPROVING MARKET ACCESSINCOMEINCOME GROUPINCOME GROUPSINDUSTRIAL COUNTRIESINFORMATION FLOWINFORMATION SHARINGINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIESINSURANCEINTERMEDIATE INPUTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTRA-REGIONAL TRADEINTRAREGIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT LIBERALIZATIONJOB CREATIONLABOR MARKETSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLIBERALIZATION AGENDALIBERALIZING SERVICESMARKET ACCESSMARKET FAILURESMARKET REGULATIONSMIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIESMULTILATERAL LEVELMUTUAL RECOGNITIONNATIONAL TREATMENTNET EXPORTERSNEW MARKETSNEW PRODUCTSNON-TARIFF BARRIERSNON-TARIFF MEASURESOIL PRICEOPEN MARKETOPEN MARKET ECONOMIESOPEN MARKETSOPENNESSPENETRATION RATESPOLICY RESEARCHPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL SYSTEMPOLITICAL UPHEAVALSPREFERENTIAL ARRANGEMENTSPREFERENTIAL TRADEPREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTSPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPRODUCTION NETWORKSPROTECTIONIST PRESSURESPUBLIC GOODSRED TAPEREFORM PROGRAMSREGIONAL AGREEMENTSREGIONAL DEVELOPMENTREGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKSREGIONAL EXCHANGEREGIONAL INSTITUTIONSREGIONAL INTEGRATIONREGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTSREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL LIBERALIZATIONREGIONAL POWERSREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATIONREGIONALISMREGULATORSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSREGULATORY OVERSIGHTREGULATORY POLICIESREGULATORY REFORMREGULATORY REFORMSREGULATORY REGIMEREGULATORY SYSTEMRULE OF LAWRULES OF ORIGINSAVINGSSECURITIESSETTLEMENT OF DISPUTESSETTLEMENT SYSTEMSSPECIALIZATIONSUSTAINABLE GROWTHTARIFF BARRIERSTARIFF EQUIVALENTTARIFF PROTECTIONTARIFF RATESTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL BARRIERSTHIRD WORLDTRADE AGENDATRADE BARRIERSTRADE COSTSTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE DIVERSION COSTSTRADE EFFECTSTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE FLOWSTRADE INTEGRATIONTRADE INTENSITYTRADE INTENSITY INDICESTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE LOGISTICSTRADE NEGOTIATIONSTRADE PARTNERSTRADE PERFORMANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE PREFERENCESTRADE REGULATIONSTRADE RULESTRADE TAXESTRADE TRANSACTIONTRADING PARTNERSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORT COSTSTREATY OBLIGATIONSUNILATERAL LIBERALIZATIONUNILATERAL TRADEWORLD ECONOMYWORLD EXPORTSWORLD TRADEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5581