The Routledge handbook on the Middle East economy. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook on the Middle East economy; Middle East economy
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hassan Hakimian.
• Editors: Hakimian, Hassan, 1955-
• Contents: Introduction Hassan Hakimian Section I. Growth and Development in Comparative Perspectives Explaining Growth in the Middle East Jeffrey B. Nugent Is MENA Exceptional? Evidence from Structuralist and Comparative Perspectives Julia C Devlin Section II. Labour Force and Human Development Arab Human Development in Comparative Context Khalid Abu-Ismail and Niranjan Sarangi Private Returns to Investment in Education in MENA Countries Aysit Tansel Women’s Employment and Labour Force Participation: Puzzles, Problems and Research Needs Massoud Karshenas and Valentine M. Moghadam Section III. Natural Resources, Resource Curse and Trade Can the GCC Economies Escape the Oil Curse? Raimundo Soto From Oil Rents to Inclusive Growth: Lessons from the MENA Region Hassan Hakimian Understanding Water Conflicts in the MENA Region: A Comparative Analysis Using a Restructured Water Poverty Index Hatem Jemmali and Caroline A Sullivan Trade and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Do Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Differ in their Impact on Growth? Fida Karam and Chahir Zaki Section IV. Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy Poverty and Vulnerability in the MENA Region Khalid Abu-Ismail Measuring Inequality in the Middle East Facundo Alvaredo, Lydia Assouad and Thomas Piketty Inequalities in Early Childhood Development in the Middle East and North Africa Caroline Krafft and Safaa El-Kogali Social Policy in the MENA Region Mahmood Messkoub Section V. Institutions and Transition to Democracy Religion and Politics: Why the West got Rich and the Middle East Did Not Jared Rubin Islam and Economic Development David Cobham and Abdallah Zouache The Arab Spring, and after: Economic Features and Policy Challenges David Cobham and Abdallah Zouache The Youth Bulge: The Mismeasured, Misunderstood and Mistreated Arab Youth Zafiris Tzannatos Arab Development and the Transition to Democracy Samir Makdisi Section VI. Corruption, Conflict and Refugees A Pyramid of Privilege: How Cronyism Shapes Business-State Relationship in the Middle East Izak Atiyas, Ishac Diwan and Adeel Malik Refugees in the MENA Region: Historical Overview, Effects and Challenges Jeffrey B. Nugent Gendered Socioeconomic Impacts of Conflict in the Middle East Jennifer C. Olmsted
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 330.956; Middle East -- Economic conditions -- 1945-; Middle East -- Economic policy; Middle East -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Middle East -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Middle East -- Social policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351596671; 9781351596688; 9781315103969
• Related ISBNs: 9781138099777
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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