The Arab Economies in a Changing World
Author : Marcus Noland
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 0881325333
Author : Marcus Noland
Publisher : Peterson Institute
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 29,15 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 0881325333
Author : Michael C Hudson
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9814566217
The wave of uprisings that has engulfed the Arab world since 2011 has impacted the Gulf significantly, however much the region appears to have remained unscathed. In Bahrain, the regime cracked down on protestors with the help of Saudi forces, and increasing Gulf tensions with Iran, political chaos in Yemen, and rumblings among unemployed youth throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states all complicate the facade of Gulf stability. In addition, ties with the United States appear to be weakening; regional politics are varied and changing, particularly with the rise of India and China; Gulf governance is often oppressive; and GCC economies are even more tied to rentier practices of distribution to keep populations satisfied and in check.Gulf Politics and Economics in a Changing World addresses these aspects of political and economic life in the GCC, Iran, and Iraq in order to assess the present situation. It also offers analysis and predictions as to what the future of this important area of the greater Middle East may hold. The volume, which features contributions from some of the best scholars in the field of Gulf studies in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, provides an in-depth and critical look at the region.
Author : Dorte Verner
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 46,84 MB
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821398466
This book takes both a global as well as a local perspective in assessing the impacts of climate change on the economy, agricultural sector, and households in three of the MENA countries; Syria, Tunisia and Yemen. The major channels of impact for global climate change are through changing world food (and energy) prices, especially since all the countries under analysis are or have become net importers of oil and petroleum products and many food commodities in recent years. The impacts of local climate change decrease crop yields in the longer run and through them, productivity in the agricultural sector and all the implications this may have on both, the livelihoods of those dependent on the sector as well as the rest of the economy. The analysis also covered what happens when both global and local climate changes work simultaneously for each country. Findings show that in all three countries the effects of climate change are negative for people and the economy—GDP falls and livelihoods suffer. Furthermore, the prevalence of extreme variations in climate—such as the droughts affecting Syria and the floods impacting Yemen—draws attention to the potentially significant drawbacks that are likely to not only affect any strides towards economic growth and development, but may also reverse such strides if appropriate policies are not in place to weather this storm. The analyses in this book apply CGE models.
Author : Donald Heisel
Publisher :
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 40,73 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Originally presented at Cairo Papers Sixth Annual Symposium in 1996, this collection seeks to shed some light on the effects major world developments have had on the Arab world in general and on Egypt in particular. The issue of globalization is given special emphasis.
Author : Magdi Amin
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2012-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199924929
For too long, the economic aspirations of the people in the region, especially young people, have been ignored by leaders in Arab countries and abroad. Competing views as to how best to meet these aspirations are now being debated in the region. The outcome will shape Arab societies for generations to come.
Author : Paul Rivlin
Publisher :
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 21,39 MB
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780511650345
This book examines the relationship between demographic growth and economic development in eight Arab countries. Despite a slowdown in demographic growth, as a result of the change in the age structure of the population, the labor force is increasing rapidly. In other parts of the world, similar developments have enhanced economic growth. In the Arab world, however, many of the opportunities presented by demographic transition are being lost, resulting in serious threats to the political stability of the region. The main reason for this is that the region has missed out on industrialization. The book goes beyond conventional analysis to ask two closely related questions. The first is, why were governments so slow in tackling stability? The second is, why has the response been similar in apparently different economies? Answers are provided using new literature in economics and economic history.
Author : Ahmed Galal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137529776
Diwan and Galal looks at the structure and prospects of the Middle East economies after the 2011 Uprisings, focusing on issues of economic growth, inequality, the impact of oil, and the unfolding political transitions. On the growth question, the book looks into the extent of structural transformation of the economy, the political economy reasons for the lack of structural change, and the external conditions in the EU and in the GCC that underpin the lack of structural change. On inequality, the book offers new measures of equality of opportunity in human development and in the job market, and it also reviews the complex political economy of subsidy removal. Regarding natural resources, the volume provides three innovations: connecting the notion of 'oil curse' to the global phenomena of asset bubbles; evidence that resource curse effects do not rise monotonically with the size of the resource rent, but rather, according to an inverted U shape; and an extension of the concept of rent to the other non-oil rents that are also predominant in the region. Finally, the volume places the political transition in the region in a global perspective using various methods – theoretical, comparative, and empirical, and it explores the relationship between democracy in its variety of forms and economic development.
Author : Paul Rivlin
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,59 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781555879327
An exploration of the domestic and international pressures that affect economic policy and performance in the Arab states. Paul Rivlin finds that during the last decade of the 20th century these pressures combined to simultaneously foster change and limit available policy options.
Author : Yusuf Sayigh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2014-10-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317598040
This book, a comprehensive study of twelve of the economies of key countries of the Arab world, has three main objectives: to record the developmental achievements and failings of each country; to examine the main issues arising in the drive for development; and to assess the future outlook for development for each country. Most of the countries studied only gained independence from their colonial masters in recent decades, and the process of economic development has necessarily been accompanied by political development. First published in 1978.
Author : Paul Rivlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,42 MB
Release : 2009-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521719230
This book examines the relationship between demographic growth and economic development in eight Arab countries. Despite a slowdown in demographic growth, as a result of the change in the age structure of the population, the labor force is increasing rapidly. In other parts of the world, similar developments have enhanced economic growth. In the Arab world, however, many of the opportunities presented by demographic transition are being lost, resulting in serious threats to the political stability of the region. The main reason for this is that the region has missed out on industrialization. The book goes beyond conventional analysis to ask two closely related questions. The first is, why were governments so slow in tackling stability? The second is, why has the response been similar in apparently different economies? Answers are provided using new literature in economics and economic history.