Natural Resources: a key challenge in regional integration of the Middle East and North Africa region
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By Julien Gourdon, Céline Carrère, Marcelo Olarreaga
The slow progress of regional integration efforts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region could be explained by the reluctance of resource-rich countries to deepen trade agreements which hurt them.