This paper reviews the development experience of the Arab countries since World War II,
arguing that the lack of inclusive economic and political institutions is the primary cause for …

The oil boom prompted a massive inflow of capital into the Arab region. But whilst the
investment this facilitated clearly had benefits for the region, the developmental …

While oil wealth has enriched some Middle East Arab nations, others that lack oil resources
have remained poor and are looking now to their oil-rich neighbors for development …

This essay examines the structural economic reform measures undertaken in the Arab world
in the past two decades. Developmental projects in the region have attained growth in gross …

Disruption following the Gulf War, and the need to satisfy both rising economic aspirations
and the Islamic values of the region's peoples, demands fresh examination of development …

It is a challenge to talk about an Arab economy and to explore its prospects. The countries
that compose the Arab world are a diverse set in terms of size, geography, level of income …

This book is the conceptual and theoretical companion to the reference survey The
Economies of the Arab World. It explores in depth the factors determining economic …

No OTHER REGION IN THE WORLD has witnessed the kind of economic changes which
have engulfed the Arab region over the last two decades. Nor, it should be added, did the …

Arab countries have a history of instability that is partly the legacy of domination by the
Ottoman Empire and partly of the imperialism of European powers. In the 20th century, these …

This chapter sets out to survey the basic macroeconomic tendencies in the Arab region in
the 1980s and early 1990s, in an attempt to identify the main constraints and the challenges …