TY - CHAP
T1 - Background to the MENA region
AU - Ismail, Ayman
AU - Schøtt, Thomas
AU - Bazargan, Abbas
AU - Salaytah, Basheer
AU - Al Kubaisi, Hamad
AU - Hassen, Majdi
AU - de la Vega, Ignacio
AU - Chabrak, Nihel
AU - Annan, Abier
AU - Herrington, Mike
AU - Kew, Penny
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The term MENA refers to the Middle East and North Africa. The MENA region includes the area from Morocco in northwest Africa to Iran in southwest Asia and down to Sudan in Africa. It comprises 22 countries, and accounts for approximately 6% of the world’s population. The following countries are typically included in MENA: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. Ethiopia and Sudan are sometimes included. The population of the MENA region is about 436 million people, the vast majority living in middle-income economies with a GDP in the region of US$3.111 Trillion (World Bank 2016). The region accounts for 60% of the world oil reserves and 45% of the world’s natural gas reserves. Due to the region’s substantial petroleum natural gas reserves, MENA is an important source of global economic stability.
AB - The term MENA refers to the Middle East and North Africa. The MENA region includes the area from Morocco in northwest Africa to Iran in southwest Asia and down to Sudan in Africa. It comprises 22 countries, and accounts for approximately 6% of the world’s population. The following countries are typically included in MENA: Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, West Bank and Gaza, and Yemen. Ethiopia and Sudan are sometimes included. The population of the MENA region is about 436 million people, the vast majority living in middle-income economies with a GDP in the region of US$3.111 Trillion (World Bank 2016). The region accounts for 60% of the world oil reserves and 45% of the world’s natural gas reserves. Due to the region’s substantial petroleum natural gas reserves, MENA is an important source of global economic stability.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-90394-1_2
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-90394-1_2
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-319-90393-4
T3 - Contributions to Management Science
SP - 19
EP - 31
BT - Entrepreneurship Education and Research in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
A2 - Faghih, N.
A2 - Zali, M.R.
PB - Springer
ER -