Chair: Peter D. Sutherland Staff: Henry Siegman, Former Senior Fellow and Former Director for the U.S./Middle East Project January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2001
Study Director: Bernard Hoekman (World Bank)
Project Coordinator: Scott Lasensky
This study group seeks to identify the comparative advantages of various geographic, structural and external arrangements and examines the political and economic obstacles to greater economic growth. The study group’s work is backed by a multi-country business survey, conducted in 2000, that identifies specific trade barriers encountered by businesspeople. The study also undertook a computable general equilibrium analysis (including a gravity model) of the impact of removing barriers on overall trade and investment between Egypt and Tunisia. The study group’s final report, expected in Spring 2001, will provide a step-by-step blueprint for developing economic growth in the region.
Presider: Henry Siegman, Senior Fellow, Counicl on Foreign Relations Panelist: Peter D. Sutherland, Goldman Sachs & Co. Speaker: Bernard Hoekman, The World Bank
March 8, 2001
Contact: Afaf Shawwa 212-434-9662 or ashawwa@cfr.org
Study Group Meeting
Middle East Trade Options
Presider: Henry Siegman Panelist: Peter D. Sutherland, Goldman, Sachs Speaker: Bernard Hoekman, World Bank
September 27, 2000
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