Challenges of Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa Region

Julia Devlin

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Abstract: This book surveys major economic issues in the development of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region since World War II. It presents a framework of analysis highlighting underlying continuities in the region's approach to issues of growth, management of oil and natural resources, post-conflict environments, progress in trade liberalization and regional integration, the use of industrial policy, labor market adjustment and unemployment, educational attainment and poverty incidence. At the same time, this book focuses on emerging differences across countries in the region in the prevailing approach to addressing such challenges most notably between the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council and other MENA countries.

Keywords: Middle East and North Africa (MENA); Economic Development; Development Policy; Political Economy; Oil and Development; Water Scarcity; Labor Markets; Unemployment; Conflict and Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 9789812793447
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-11

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Ch 2 Is MENA Exceptional? , pp 13-38

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Ch 3 State Formation, Consolidation, and Development, 1960s–1980s , pp 39-81

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Ch 4 Toward Greater Use of Markets and the Global Economy? , pp 83-114

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Ch 5 Oil, OPEC, and the Challenges of Surplus Management , pp 115-155

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Ch 6 Water Scarcity and Agricultural Policy in the MENA Region , pp 157-194

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Ch 7 Building a New Future: Development in the Post-Conflict Context and Post-Disaster Recovery , pp 195-234

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Ch 8 Is the MENA Region "Open" for Business? , pp 235-280

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Ch 9 Making Global Integration Work for MENA Countries , pp 281-323

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Ch 10 Are Market Disciplines Sufficient? Industrial Policy and Technology Transfer , pp 325-360

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Ch 11 The Keys to the Future: Human Capital Development in the MENA Region , pp 361-399

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Ch 12 Are MENA's Labor Markets the Key to Growth? , pp 401-437

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Ch 13 Closing the Poverty Gap in MENA , pp 439-471

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Ch 14 Development Assistance and Its Effectiveness in MENA Countries , pp 473-506

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Ch 15 Pathways to Future Prosperity , pp 507-512

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