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Middle East oil exporters : what happened to economic development? / Hossein Askari.
Lippincott Library HC415.15 .A853 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Askari, Hossein.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--Economic conditions.
- Middle East.
- Economic conditions.
- Middle East--Economic policy.
- Economic policy.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Middle East.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2006]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The blessing and the curse of oil
- Islam, governance and economic development
- Instability, regional conflicts and external intervention
- Physical and social indicators
- Broad economic indicators and performance
- Government finances
- External sector
- Labor and employment
- Capital flows
- Law and order, business climate, economic freedom and country risk
- Military expenditures and the cost of conflicts
- Policy assessment : a synthesis of successes and failures
- The way forward.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1845429095
- 9781845429096
- OCLC:
- 70176918
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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