"This book is the result of a joint initiave by the Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. To mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of MEEA'a foundation, we organized an international conference--MEEA's first European conference--in London University in the summer of 2001"--Introduction.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reform and elusive growth in the Mddle East : what has happened in the 1990s? / Dipak Dasgupta, Jennifer Keller, and T.G. Srinivasan -- Intra-regional trade integration in the Middle East : past performance and future potential / Rania Miniesy, Jeffrey B. Nugent, and Tarik M. Yousef -- Exchange rate regime and competitiveness of manufactured exports : the case of MENA countries / Mustapha Kamel Nabli and Marie-Ange Vganzons-Varoudakis -- Agriculture and trade liberalization in the MENA region : dynamic impacts of future scenarios / Ali H. Bayar ... [et al.] -- Restructuring and economic performance : the experience of the Tunisian economy / Sofiane Ghali and Pierre Mohnen -- Price competition between Turkish and East Asian exports in the European Union market in the 1990s : an empirical investigation / Zelal Kotan and Serdar Sayan -- Trade strategies and industrial development in Iran : 1979--1998 / Behrouz Hady Zonooz -- Trends in informal sector employment in the Middle East / Jacques Charmes -- Agricultural intensification and female labour in farm production in north-western Syria / Malika Martini ... [et al.] -- Defining boundaries : Kuwait's economic reconstruction, 1991-2001 / Karen Pfeifer -- The redefinition of economic boundaries between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip / Leila Farsakh -- Turkey after Helsinki : economic challenges / Subidey Togan -- Economic foundation for peace? : the case of trade policy in Oslo agreement / Nu'man Kanafani.