MENA region

The so-called Arab Spring and its aftermath represent a dramatic and important moment for the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. The path towards greater democracy and respect for human rights is difficult and the pitfalls karjera many. Without improved economic outlook increases the risk that the trip goes awry.
Against this background, held on 22 November the first meeting of the steering group for the MENA countries and the OECD co-operation initiatives in the investment field and on governance (governance) since the Arab Spring began.
200 delegates, which included several ministers, deputy ministers and senior officials karjera from 18 participating MENA partners, went through what cooperation achieved so far and what will be done during the coming period.
MENA region's financial challenges are many. Generally, competitiveness and growth to increase in order to be able to provide jobs and decent living conditions for one of several countries rapidly changing population.
This work has so far made progress karjera in countries such as Morocco and Jordan, and even in Egypt and Tunisia, although the situation in the latter countries have been and are more difficult. The challenge is to continue on this path, despite ongoing efforts to create new basic laws and regulations can raise questions that make investors reluctant.
The meeting noted that economic integration in the MENA region with 242 million inhabitants, is just too bad. Between 2003 and 2010 accounted for cross-border investments, only six percent of the total flow of foreign direct investment.
Future work will therefore concentrate even more on trying to promote regional integration, trade and investment. The task is not easy, but important. karjera A first step would be to include rules on investment in existing FTAs.
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Anders Ahnlid is Ambassador and Head of the Swedish OECD and UNESCO delegation in Paris. After some time at the Board of Trade he joined the State Department in 1987. Since then he has worked with trade and other economic issues in various positions, most recently as Director-General for Trade Affairs at the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm. He was previously based in Geneva, Paris and Washington. Here Anders Ahnlid share their experiences and impressions from meetings, conferences, reports, and other activities related to his mission in the two organizations.
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