Sustainable Development and Environmental Challenges in the MENA Region: Should the MENA Region Establish National Environmental Accounts

This study addresses the major gaps in knowledge about environmental economics in the MENA region focusing on the importance of establishing environmental accounts to reach a widely accepted principle of sustainable development. The study also seeks to test the feasibility of constructing natural resource accounts for the MENA region as well as to determine which type of accounts would be more useful for policymakers in the region.