Arab economies in the twenty-first century /
"This book examines the relationship between demographic growth and economic development in eight Arab countries. Despite a slowdown in demographic growth, the labor force is increasing rapidly because of the change in the age structure of the population. In other parts of the world, similar de...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Demography and economics
- 3. The constraints of history
- 4. Comparative economics : the Arab world, East Asia, and Latin America
- 5. Egypt : the submerged giant?
- 6. Iraq : after destruction
- 7. Jordan : from rents to markets?
- 8. Morocco : reforms that did not cure
- 9. Palestine : the making and unmaking of a state
- 10. Saudi Arabia : oil wealth and unemployment
- 11. Syria : lost potential
- 12. Tunisia : unhappy economic leader
- 13. Conclusions : the Arab equilibrium.