Arab economies in the twenty-first century
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Arab economies in the twenty-first century
Cambridge University Press, 2009
- : hbk
- : pbk
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 labour 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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Demography and economics
- 3. The constraints of history
- 4. Comparative economics: the Arab world, East Asia and South America
- 5. Egypt: the submerged giant?
- 6. Iraq: after destruction
- 7. Jordan: from rents to market?
- 8. Morocco: reforms that did not cure
- 9. Palestine: the making and unmaking of a state
- 10. Saudi Arabia: oil wealth and unemployment
- 11. Syria: lost potential
- 12. Tunisia: unhappy leader
- 13. Conclusions: the Arab equilibrium.
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