MENA -an overview of this growing market place

摘要

According to the World Bank, the MENA (Middle East North Africa) region comprises the countries illustrated in Figure 7; these are listed in Figure 2, except for West Bank and Gaza, an area for which reliable statistics of the type shown are unavailable.1 Wikipedia agrees with the listing, but adds the following, which can also be included in a wider definition of the region (although not in the definition used for the rest of this article): Armenia; Azerbaijan; Cyprus; Georgia; Mauritania; Somalia; Sudan; Turkey and Western Sahara.