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Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World : Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration.

The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies; includ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Elkhafif, Mahmoud A. T.
Other Authors: Taghdisi-Rad, Sahar, Elagraa, Mutasim
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2012.
Series:Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Economic and Trade Policies inthe Arab World; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Acronyms; 1. Introduction: promoting sub-regional growth-oriented economic and trade policies towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in selected Arab countries; 2. Investigating the relationship between trade and poverty: the case of Egypt; 3. Employment and poverty effects of trade and investment policies in Jordan; 4. Process and implications of Morocco's economic and trade liberalization.
  • 5. Economic and trade policy-making under occupation in the Palestinian territory6. Trade policy, regional integration and pro-poor growth: an empirical analysis for Sudan, 1970-2007; 7. Arab trade: data, models and issues; 8. Conclusions: development strategy for poverty reduction and Arab integration; Appendix: revealed comparative advantage indices of five Arab countries; Index.