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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.7249/RR2375
来源IDRR-2375-NLI
Estimating the Economic Benefits of Levant Integration
Daniel Egel; Andrew Parasiliti; Charles P. Ries; Dori Walker
发表日期2019-09-16
出版年2019
语种英语
结论

Since the late 1990s, there has been a persistent, though sporadic, effort to deepen economic partnerships in the Eastern Mediterranean, a region often referred to as the Levant

  • Six core countries of the Levant — Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey — have established a variety of bilateral economic ties, but attempts to establish broader regional economic partnerships have faltered.
  • Though the political turmoil in the region has prevented further progress, the recent Iraq-Jordan economic agreements — signed in early February 2019 — and trilateral Egypt-Iraq-Jordan summit the following month could provide the first steps toward achieving the benefits of Levant economic integration.

RAND examined three mechanisms through which a comprehensive FTA might affect the economies of the Levant

  • Trade in goods and services: A comprehensive FTA would increase trade by removing tariffs and reducing other nontariff restrictions on trade (e.g., rules of origin).
  • Domestic and foreign investment: This investment would occur with both local and international investors and businesses seeking to take advantage of the larger market for goods. Improvements in domestic and regional political stability will also enable new investment.
  • Increased tourism and travel: The elimination of visa restrictions would increase travel throughout the Levant and create new opportunities for collaboration in tourism.

Economic integration in the Levant could increase the average gross domestic product of the Levant nations by 3–7 percent

  • This economic expansion would likely create at least 0.7 million to 1.7 million additional new jobs, reducing regional unemployment rates by 8–18 percent — and total job creation might be substantially larger.
  • Although achieving these projected benefits will require some degree of stabilization of the Syrian conflict and significant coordination among sometimes troubled neighbors, there is now momentum to indicate that such a project could be successful.
摘要

Economic integration in the Levant — in the form of a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) that eliminates tariffs, lowers investment and nontariff barriers, and waives visa requirements — could increase the average gross domestic product of the Levant nations by 3–7 percent. This economic expansion would likely create at least 0.7 million to 1.7 million additional new jobs, reducing regional unemployment rates by 8–18 percent — and total job creation might be substantially larger. These estimates are for a potential FTA among Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey — six of the core Levant countries.

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The authors have also developed an online tool that allows policymakers and the public to examine the economic dividend from economic integration. It allows users to (1) vary key assumptions about the movement of goods, people, and capital and (2) explore different combinations of countries participating in the FTA — even allowing the inclusion of Israel and the West Bank and Gaza, the latter two of which are referred to as Palestine. The benefits increase for larger blocs of countries and with reduced restrictions on the movement of goods, people, and capital among these countries. The authors recognize that regional integration might start with only a subset of countries and with only partial economic integration: The tool also allows examination of the benefits of these alternative arrangements.

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主题Economic Policy ; Egypt ; Iraq ; Israel ; Jordan ; Lebanon ; Palestinian Territories ; Syria ; Trade Barriers ; Turkey
URLhttps://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2375.html
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Daniel Egel,Andrew Parasiliti,Charles P. Ries,et al. Estimating the Economic Benefits of Levant Integration. 2019.
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