Key Challenges and Policy Reforms in the MENA Region

Dr. Mohamed Sami Ben Ali is a professor of Economics at Qatar University. He is an associate editor for Springer and De Gruyter journals, editor for Palgrave and Springer book series and on the editorial board of the World Economics journal. He holds a H.D.R degree, the highest European qualification for research. Previously, he received a Ph. D. in Economics with high honors from University of Lille (France), an M. Phil. (D.E.A) in International Finance and International Trade, and a B.A. in Business Economics. He has been teaching for the past years at graduate and undergraduate levels in Tunisia, Qatar, and France, where he was a visiting professor. He has published numerous articles in French and in English in international refereed academic journals. In 2016 and 2021, he also edited and published two volumes with Palgrave and Springer, respectively. His research and publications focus mainly on economic development and international monetary macroeconomics. He actively participates in and chairs numerous international conferences.

Chapter 1. Terrorism Impact on Public Debt and Government Borrowing Cost:
New Empirical Evidence from Long Run Relationship in MENA Countries.- Chapter 2. Digital gaps and economic inequalities in MENA countries: An Empirical Investigation.- Chapter 3. Assessing the determinants of capital flight from Tunisia: An ARDL Investigation framework.- Chapter 4. Assessing Macroeconomic, Distributive and Environmental Impacts of Energy Subsidies Removal in Tunisia with Input-Output Modeling.- Chapter 5. Remittances, Income inequality and Brain Drain: An Empirical Investigation for the MENA Region.- Chapter 6. Digital Divide and External Trade Liberalization in the MENA Region: A theoretical and Empirical investigations.- Chapter 7. The Relationship Between Money Laundering and Economic Growth in the MENA Region - A Simultaneous Equations Model.- Chapter 8. The Institutional Approach to Financial Development: Panel Study for the MENA Region.