High-Growth Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Young People ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Job Creation ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Employment Needs

The development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is experiencing a crucial stage. How the region addresses the employment needs of its rapidly increasing population of young people will determine whether the MENA region will become one characterized by stable, knowledge-based economies that have dynamic working middle class. Entrepreneurship is considered vital to drive this transition of the region. However, not all types of entrepreneurship can contribute equally to increased economic growth and job creation. For these reasons, entrepreneurship literature shows a renewed focus on high-growth entrepreneurship. Increased high-growth entrepreneurship is expected to not only spur job growth but also act as a significant source of innovation and new investments. This article explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the MENA region. The chapter discusses various challenges and provides specific recommendations to boost high-growth entrepreneurship in the MENA region.

Accelerating Entrepreneurship in MENA Region

2017 ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Employment Needs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is at a turning point in its development. How MENA region addresses the employment needs of its rapidly increasing population of young people will determine whether the MENA region will become a region characterized by stable, knowledge-based economies that have a dynamic working middle class. Entrepreneurship is considered vital to drive this transition of MENA region. Increased entrepreneurial activities will not only spur job growth but also generate ideas, attract investment and inspire future entrepreneurs to follow footsteps of successful entrepreneurs. This chapter explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem of MENA region. The chapter discusses various challenges and provides specific recommendations to boost entrepreneurial activities in MENA region.

Accelerating Entrepreneurship in MENA Region

2017 ◽  
pp. 1758-1770
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Young People ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Employment Needs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is at a turning point in its development. How MENA region addresses the employment needs of its rapidly increasing population of young people will determine whether the MENA region will become a region characterized by stable, knowledge-based economies that have a dynamic working middle class. Entrepreneurship is considered vital to drive this transition of MENA region. Increased entrepreneurial activities will not only spur job growth but also generate ideas, attract investment and inspire future entrepreneurs to follow footsteps of successful entrepreneurs. This chapter explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem of MENA region. The chapter discusses various challenges and provides specific recommendations to boost entrepreneurial activities in MENA region.

Womenpreneurs in Mena Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-28
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Young Population ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Employment Needs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

MENA region stands at a critical point in its journey of development. The region is characterized by one of the largest and energetic youth population. MENA region needs to address the employment needs of this young population in order become stable, knowledge-based economic region. Female constitute a very significant proportion of total youth population with a very low presentation in the work force. Women entrepreneurship is considered vital to address this disparity. Increased women entrepreneurial activities will not only spur job growth for female but also beneficial for society as a whole. This article explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem of MENA region. The article discusses women entrepreneurship, various challenges and provides specific recommendations to boost female entrepreneurial activities in MENA region.

Womenpreneurs in MENA Region

2018 ◽  
pp. 1144-1158
Author(s):  
Amir Manzoor
Keyword(s):  
Critical Point ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Work Force ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Job Growth ◽  
Youth Population ◽  
Employment Needs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

MENA region stands at a critical point in its journey of development. The region is characterized by one of the largest and energetic youth population. MENA region needs to address the employment needs of this young population in order become stable, knowledge-based economic region. Female constitute a very significant proportion of total youth population with a very low presentation in the work force. Women entrepreneurship is considered vital to address this disparity. Increased women entrepreneurial activities will not only spur job growth for female but also beneficial for society as a whole. This article explores the entrepreneurial ecosystem of MENA region. The article discusses women entrepreneurship, various challenges and provides specific recommendations to boost female entrepreneurial activities in MENA region.

scholarly journals Environmental Performance and Economic Growth in Middle East and North Africa Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hichem Dkhili
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Mena Countries ◽  
The Impact

Background. Studies on environmental performance/quality and economic growth show inconclusive results. Objective. The aim of the present study is to assess the non-linear relationship between environmental performance and economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from 2002–2018. Methods. A sample of fourteen (14) MENA countries was used in the present analysis. However, due to important differences between countries in this region, the whole sample was divided into two sub-samples; nine Middle Eastern countries (MEAS) and five North African countries (NAF). We performed the panel smooth transition regression model as an econometric approach. Discussion. Empirical results indicate a threshold effect in the environmental performance and economic growth relationship. The threshold value differs from one group of countries to another. More specifically, we found that the impact of environmental performance and economic growth is positive and significant only if a certain threshold level has been attained. Until then, the effect remains negative. Conclusions. The findings of the present study are of great importance for policymakers since they determine the optimal level of environmental performance required to act positively on the level of economic growth. MENA countries should seek to improve their environmental performance index in order to grow output. Competing Interests. The authors declare no competing financial interests.

scholarly journals Digital use and mistrust in the aftermath of the Arab Spring: beyond narratives of liberation and disillusionment

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1125-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Moreno-Almeida ◽  
Shakuntala Banaji
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Young People ◽  
New Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Nuanced Understanding ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Arab Spring

Through the prism of the uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East in 2010–2011, new media has been presented as diametrically opposed to the top-down and mistrusted. Asking the question, ‘In what ways do trust, privacy and surveillance concerns intersect and inflect the individual and collective practices of young people in networks of participation, and their sense of civic connection through old and new media?’, this article presents a nuanced understanding of the relationship between digital media and mistrust. Through the study of original case studies in Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and the UAE, we examine attitudes towards and usage of digital media in creating and maintaining political, civic, cultural and artistic networks among communities. We analyse our abundant qualitative interviews, observations and ethnographic data collected to reveal the continuity of media mistrust as people move into the digital arena. As new tools continue to be launched many young people in the region remain alert to the ways in which these tools can serve or hinder individual and group aims. Beyond narratives of liberation, disillusionment or democratisation, ‘new’ media poses both mundane and surprising challenges in encouraging and engaging networks of participation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

scholarly journals The Causality between Capital Formation and Economic Growth in MENA Region

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohsen Mehrara ◽  
Maysam Musai
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Panel Cointegration ◽  
Cointegration Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Domestic Investment ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Strong Causality

This paper investigates the causal relationship between gross domestic investment (INV) and GDP for Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries by using panel unit root tests and panel cointegration analysis for the period 1970-2010. The results show a strong causality from economic growth to investment in these countries. Yet, investment does not have any significant effects on GDP in short- and long-run. It means that it is the GDP that drives investment in mentioned countries, not vice versa. So the findings of this paper support the point of view that it is higher economic growth that leads to higher investment. According to the results, decision makings should be employed to achieve sustainable growth through higher productivity and substantially enlarging the economic base diversification in the future

scholarly journals The Impact of Private Capital Flows on Economic Growth in the MENA Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (20) (3) ◽  
pp. 45-67
Author(s):  
Ben-Salha Ousama ◽  
Zmami Mourad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Capital Flows ◽  
Growth Rates ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Portfolio Flows ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Private Capital Flows ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the article is to conduct an empirical analysis of the impact of aggregate and disaggregate private capital flows on economic growth in eleven MENA countries between 1980 and 2018. Unlike prior empirical studies, the fixed effect panel quantile approach developed by Canay (2011) is implemented. Findings suggest that there is a significant difference in the effects of private capital flows on economic growth across lower and higher quantiles. More specifically, the effects of total private capital flows, foreign direct investment flows, portfolio flows and debt flows are positive and statistically significant only for low and medium quantiles, indicating that the enhancing impact of private capital flows in terms of economic growth is only confirmed in countries with relatively low and medium growth rates. Moreover, debt flows affect economic growth in countries recording high growth rates, stressing the importance of financial development in routing those flows into the most productive projects in the economy.

Social Protection and the Pandemic in the MENA Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 119 (821) ◽  
pp. 356-361
Author(s):  
Rana Jawad
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Emergency Measures

Nations in the Middle East and North Africa have traditionally seen the primary function of social policy as serving the goal of economic growth. But the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the need for a more balanced approach to make societies more resilient, with social protection policies that provide citizens with basic security throughout their lives. Beyond cash transfer programs and other emergency measures, governments should recognize the need for universal provision of health care and other essential assistance. Otherwise they risk leaving the Arab Spring’s popular demands for dignity unheeded.

scholarly journals Identifying the needs of the stakeholders of the blue economy regarding the inclusion of young people in the labor market

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2018) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Costel Stanca ◽  
Ana Olteanu ◽  
Nicoleta Acomi ◽  
Viorela Stanga ◽  
Simona Ghita
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
Job Growth

"Blue Economy" represents a sustainable use of marine resources to ensure economic growth, job growth, an improvement in living standards, and the health of marine ecosystems. This research seeks to identify the requirements of the private sector related to human resources in terms of training, technical and behavioral competencies, as well as the presentation of the main challenges faced by the workforce. The present study is channeled to facilitate the access of young people to the labor market in the sectors of interest taking into account the demands of potential employers.

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