Competition and Efficiency in the Arab World

by Sekkat, Khalid

• ISBN13: 9780230524989
• ISBN10: 0230524982
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

This is the first book dealing with competition and efficiency issues in the Arab world. Combining quantitative analysis and field surveys to assess the degree of competition, the degree of efficiency and their relationships in the manufacturing sector, this book provides a unique insight into Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.

Author Biography

KHLID SEKKAT is Professor of Economics at the University of Brussels, Belgium, and a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Technologies in Morocco. He was previously an economic adviser at the European Commission, and he has ated as a consulatnt to the European Parliament, the European Commission, the World Bank and the OEDC. His interests include industrial organization, international economics and development economics.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Notes on the Contributors	p. xii
Economic Reforms, Competition and Efficiency	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Economic performance and the business climate in the Arab countries	p. 3
Competition, efficiency and development	p. 7
Competition policy	p. 13
Conclusion	p. 18
Competition, Competition Policy and Economic Efficiency in Egypt	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Background	p. 22
Main features of Egypt's industry pertaining to competition	p. 23
The status of competition in Egyptian industry	p. 39
An overview of the Egyptian competition policy and law	p. 49
Main findings and conclusion	p. 63
Competition, Competition Policy and Economic Efficiency in Jordan	p. 68
Introduction	p. 68
Overview of the Jordanian economy	p. 69
Previous work on competition and competition policy in Jordan	p. 71
Specific remarks	p. 73
Overview of the manufacturing sector in Jordan	p. 74
The state of competition in Jordan	p. 78
Productivity analysis	p. 91
Vertical aspects of competitions: questionnaire analysis and results	p. 104
The State of competition policy	p. 112
Enforcement of the Competition Law	p. 115
Conclusion	p. 119
Competition, Efficiency and Competition Policy in Morocco	p. 123
Introduction	p. 123
Relation to the literature	p. 124
Overview of the manufacturing sector	p. 126
The state of competition	p. 129
The state of efficiency	p. 134
Barriers to competition in selected subsectors	p. 137
The relationship between competition and efficiency	p. 142
Competition policy	p. 145
Conclusion	p. 153
Competition, Efficiency and Competition Policy in Tunisia	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
General considerations and Tunisian background	p. 160
The state of competition in Tunisian manufacturing sector	p. 166
The state of competition policy in Tunisia	p. 187
Conclusion	p. 195
Competition and Efficiency: A Cross Countries Analysis	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Characteristics of the manufacturing sectors	p. 205
The state of competition	p. 207
The state of efficiency	p. 209
Business environment and practices	p. 211
Competition policies	p. 212
Conclusion	p. 216
Index	p. 218
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