Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

Jordan And Morocco Are Not The Best Economic Matches For The GCC

By Shawkat Hammoudeh

Dr Hammoudeh is Professor of Economics and International Business at Drexel University. He can be reached at hammousm@drexel.edu.

Jordan and Morocco are strong political allies of the GCC countries and have benefited economically from this strong mutual relationship. However, any additional benefits of formally joining an enlarged GCC bloc by these...