This sixth edition of the Annual Review addresses comprehensively the significant developments in globalization and regional integration in the Arab countries. It covers the progress made by Arab countries in integrating their economies into the world economy as well as their efforts in Arab regional integration. The progress made in Arab regional integration is reviewed through an analysis of set of sectors that play an important role in regional integration such as trade investment tourism labor remittances and official development assistance (ODA) on the Arab intraregional level.