… 2 assesses development outcomes in the Arab region, … Arab countries, exploring their
economic reform eŪorts and how these aThe Arab region refers to members of the League of Arab …

… Elusive development The oil boom prompted a massive inflow of capital into the Arab region…
clearly had benefits for the region, the developmental achievements of the boom decade are …

… elusive contours and the absence of any central balance of power prevailing over the whole
region… suit, which in turn led India to develop its own capabilities, thus encouraging Pakistan …

The premise of this paper is that membership of a state in a regional subsystem is not a static
proposition, but one to be treated as an empirical question. Sub-systemic boundaries and …

… states have seen net agrarian deaccumulation even in terms of elusive and mystifying … unit
given intra-Arab economic development projects, the generally shared Arabic lingua franca, …

… of incomes in the Arab region. (4) Prioritize the development of the capital markets and set
… in the Arab countries to create an ‘Arab Target’ system, establishing the infrastructure for an …

24 Finance & Development September 2013 the curse continues There is a lively debate
about whether the natural-resource curse still exists. Some claim it is over, pointing to the fast …

… On the one hand, there is an undeniable trend of increased individual empowerment across
the entire Arab region. Today’s is a generation that speaks boldly of minimum entitlements. …

… "the dangerous developments following Iran's crossing of interna? tional borders" and "the
dire consequences of these developments on the safety and security of the Arab homeland." …

… regional repression stems in part from the conflict with Israel. We conclude that the Arab-Israel
conflict has strong positive effects on repression throughout much of the Middle East. …