An Estimation of Service Sectors Restrictiveness in the MENA Region

Novella Bottini, Mohamed Ali Marouani , Economic Research Forum (ERF) , 2009

This paper aims at assessing barriers to service provision in the banking, telecom (fixed and mobile), insurance and transport (air and maritime) sectors of four MENA countries, by including both trade and domestic restrictions. The qualitative information gathered is the basis of the computation of sectoral aggregate and modal trade restrictiveness indexes (TRIs).


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