Two developments are currently changing the face of the Arab world. The first is the
catastrophe in Iraq and the rebalancing of forces it entails. The outcome of this for the Arab …

This chapter discusses the role of external factors and foreign pressures in the development
of economic policy in Egypt, drawing an analogy between the rise and fall of …

This volume examines the economic problems of Arab countries following the Arab Spring.
The authors argue that reforms need to accomplish four objectives: more opportunities for …

AHDR or Report) is an impressive 170-page document (the English version) that provides
detailed description and critical evaluation of the economic, demographic, social and …

To anyone who knows the Middle East, broadly defined to include North Africa and the
Balkans, it is a puzzle that the region became and remains economically underdeveloped …

This book is a study of a shift in the politics and finance of development from one centered in
the institutions and ideas of the post-World War II global political economy to the emergence …

'This book provides unique insight, informed by theories of uneven and combined
development, into state formation and foreign policy in the Arab world and specifically the …

The Middle East and North Africa region is in turmoil. Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen are in
civil war, causing untold damage to human lives and physical infrastructure. Fifteen million …

Social policy may be broadly identified as a category of policies explicitly and specifically
designed to deal with the manifold problems of poverty, inequality, and inequity. How a …