Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship

This paper advocates for the need to rally the MENA professional and skilled diaspora. It discusses the findings of a unique outreach exercise to the MENA diaspora and provides policy recommendations. First, the paper highlights the linkages betwee...

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Main Authors:	Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni, Plaza, Sonia, Salsac, Fanny
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI INVESTMENT MIGRATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DIASPORA TRADE INTEGRATION INSTITUTIONS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/251661484064811210/Mobilizing-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-diaspora-for-economic-integration-and-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26307

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spelling	okr-10986-263072021-06-14T10:12:37Z Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni Plaza, Sonia Salsac, Fanny ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI INVESTMENT MIGRATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DIASPORA TRADE INTEGRATION INSTITUTIONS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE This paper advocates for the need to rally the MENA professional and skilled diaspora. It discusses the findings of a unique outreach exercise to the MENA diaspora and provides policy recommendations. First, the paper highlights the linkages between the diaspora and trade, investment, and knowledge transfer based on the literature and concrete examples. Second, it describes the outreach and the profile of the diaspora members surveyed. Third, it presents the main findings of the survey of the MENA diaspora in four areas: (i) overall engagement, (ii) appetite for investment, (iii) trade, and (iv) the role of institutions. The paper concludes with policy recommendations. 2017-03-28T19:11:44Z 2017-03-28T19:11:44Z 2016-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/251661484064811210/Mobilizing-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-diaspora-for-economic-integration-and-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26307 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows Study Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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topic	ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI INVESTMENT MIGRATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DIASPORA TRADE INTEGRATION INSTITUTIONS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE
spellingShingle	ECONOMIC GROWTH REGIONAL INTEGRATION FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FDI INVESTMENT MIGRATION ENTREPRENEURSHIP BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT DIASPORA TRADE INTEGRATION INSTITUTIONS KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRADE Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni Plaza, Sonia Salsac, Fanny Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
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description	This paper advocates for the need to rally the MENA professional and skilled diaspora. It discusses the findings of a unique outreach exercise to the MENA diaspora and provides policy recommendations. First, the paper highlights the linkages between the diaspora and trade, investment, and knowledge transfer based on the literature and concrete examples. Second, it describes the outreach and the profile of the diaspora members surveyed. Third, it presents the main findings of the survey of the MENA diaspora in four areas: (i) overall engagement, (ii) appetite for investment, (iii) trade, and (iv) the role of institutions. The paper concludes with policy recommendations.
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author	Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni Plaza, Sonia Salsac, Fanny
author_facet	Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni Plaza, Sonia Salsac, Fanny
author_sort	Malouche, Mariem Mezghenni
title	Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
title_short	Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
title_full	Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr	Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed	Mobilizing the Middle East and North Africa Diaspora for Economic Integration and Entrepreneurship
title_sort	mobilizing the middle east and north africa diaspora for economic integration and entrepreneurship
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/251661484064811210/Mobilizing-the-Middle-East-and-North-Africa-diaspora-for-economic-integration-and-entrepreneurship http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26307
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