Policy Briefs

Trade and SDGs in the MENA Region: Towards a More Inclusive Trade Policy

No.

PB 56

Publisher

ERF

Date

April, 2021

Topic

F1. Trade

The MENA region liberalized its trade over the last two decades. Meanwhile, non-tariff measures and services restrictions proliferated leading to a distorted trade policy. Consequently, social outcomes did not improve with such a liberalization. Indeed, wages in protected sectors were generally lower than those in unprotected ones. Against this backdrop, a more inclusive trade policy can be used as a tool to improve its socio-economic impact and thus help attain some SDGs.
Trade and SDGs in the MENA Region: Towards a More Inclusive Trade Policy

Research Associates

Nora Aboushady

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political...

Trade and SDGs in the MENA Region: Towards a More Inclusive Trade Policy

Research Fellows

Chahir Zaki

Chaired Professor of Economics, University of Orléans