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Future challenges for the Arab world : the implications of demographic and economic trends / Keith Crane, Steven Simon, Jeffrey Martini.
Lippincott Library HB3660.A3 .F88 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crane, Keith, 1953-
- Series:
- Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-912-AF.
- Report ; TR-912-AF
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Demography--Arab countries.
- Demography.
- Population.
- Arab countries--Population.
- Arab countries.
- Arab countries--Economic conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- United States--Foreign relations--Arab countries.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Arab countries--Foreign relations--United States.
- Genre:
- Technical reports.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 99 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corp., 2011.
- Summary:
- This report assesses likely demographic and economic trends in the Arab world through 2020, focusing on changes that are likely to affect U.S. defense planning and U.S. policy in the region. The report assesses how long-term trends in demographic changes and the economies in this region are likely to affect U.S. interests. The report explores population shifts and economic changes in both energy-rich and energy-poor countries. Implications for U.S. policy from this report include slower population growth easing pressures on natural resources and public services and U.S. support for such programs as family planning and female education encouraging trends toward lower fertility rates. More-relaxed U.S. and European immigration and visa policies toward the citizens of the Middle East can enhance political and community ties between Arabs and the West. The United States, through the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, should encourage economic liberalization and free trade within the region.
- Contents:
- Population growth in the Arab world: the pressure of people
- The energy rich: a second chance
- The energy poor: prospects for economic growth
- Conclusions and implications for U.S. policymakers.
- Notes:
- "Project Air Force."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-99).
- ISBN:
- 9780833051004
- 0833051008
- OCLC:
- 727050441
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