Resources blessed : diversification and the Gulf development model / edited by Giacomo Luciani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Luciani, Giacomo, 1948- editor.

Series:

Gulf Studies Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Arab Emirates--Economic conditions.

United Arab Emirates.

Saudi Arabia--Economic conditions.

Saudi Arabia.

Qatar--Economic conditions.

Qatar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv, 319 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2012.

Summary:

The Gulf countries have adopted a unique combination of policies to encourage diversification with largely positive results, while there are significant distinctions between the individual cases. This work evaluates various examples to show the extent to which the Gulf economies have diversifed to date, and how results can be measured, taking into consideration factors such as composition of GDP or exports; government services; and the categorization of industrial activities downstream of resources extraction (oil refining, petrochemicals) and their availability (aluminium, phosphates, iron, steel, glass and other energy- and resource-intensive industries). This work brings together state-of-the-art analysis by international scholars who participated in a major joint initiative by the EU and the GCC, the al-Jisr Gulf-Europe Research Program.

Contents:

9783940924070

9783940924070

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Conceptual Problems of Measuring Economic Diversification, as Applied to the GCC Economies

2. Saudi Arabia's Economic Diversification: Progress and Challenges in the Context of the GCC

3. Domestic Pricing of Energy and Industrial Competitiveness

4. Public Industry as Tool of Rentier Economy Diversification: The GCC Case

5. GCC Industrial Development

6. GCC Refining and Petrochemical Sectors in Global Perspective

7. The GCC Aluminum Industry - The Development of Aluminum Production Capacity in the Middle East

8. Logistics and Economic Development in the GCC

9. The Potential Impact of an EU-GCC FTA: A Benchmarking Exercise

References

List of Contributors

Index of Names.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 19 Aug 2025).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-940924-07-5

OCLC:

1021806492