The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition (eBook)
359 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-52977-0 (ISBN)
On the growth question, the book looks into the extent of structural transformation of the economy, the political economy reasons for the lack of structural change, and the external conditions in the EU and in the GCC that underpin the lack of structural change. On inequality, the book offers new measures of equality of opportunity in human development and in the job market, and it also reviews the complex political economy of subsidy removal. Regarding natural resources, the volume provides three innovations: connecting the notion of 'oil curse' to the global phenomena of asset bubbles; evidence that resource curse effects do not rise monotonically with the size of the resource rent, but rather, according to an inverted U shape; and an extension of the concept of rent to the other non-oil rents that are also predominant in the region. Finally, the volume places the political transition in the region in a global perspective using various methods – theoretical, comparative, and empirical, and it explores the relationship between democracy in its variety of forms and economic development.
Ishac Diwan is currently affiliated with Dauphine University and the Paris School of Economics in France, and is a research fellow at the Economic Research Forum where he directs its political economy programmes. His recent books include A Political Economy of the Middle East (co-authored, 2015), and Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (2014).Ahmed Galal is Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum. He was Egypt's Finance Minister in 2013. Before that, he held various positions at the World Bank for about 18 years. In 2000-2007, he was the Director of the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies. Galal holds a PhD in Economics from Boston University, USA. He authored more than a dozen books and several journal articles.
Cover 1
Contents 6
List of Figures 8
List of Tables 11
Foreword 13
Preface 14
Notes on Contributors 16
Puzzles and Clues – An Overview 22
Part I: Economic Growth and Structural Transformation 45
1 Structural Transformation 46
2 The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism 82
3 Regional and Global Integration 118
Part II: Inequality and Social Justice 148
4 Inequality of Opportunity in Human Development 149
5 Inequality of Opportunity in the Labor Market for Higher Education Graduates in Egypt and Jordan 177
6 Energy Subsidy Reform in Iran 204
Part III: Rentier States Reconsidered 214
7 The Concept of “Rentier States” Revisited 215
8 Thresholds Matter: Resource Abundance, Development and Democratic Transition in the Arab World 229
9 Beyond the Resource Curse: Rents and Development 261
10 Public Sector Reform 275
Part IV: Political Transitions 292
11 Transition Experiences and Relevant Lessons 293
12 Democracy and Economic Development 323
13 Transition Experiences: A Statistical Analysis 339
Index 356
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.4.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | International Economic Association Series | International Economic Association Series |
| Zusatzinfo | XX, 359 p. |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| Schlagworte | arab spring • Development • Economic Development • Economic Growth • Fiscal Policy • growth • Human Development • Inequality • international economic association • Labor Market • Middle East • Political Economy • Political transition • Rentier states • resource curse • Transition |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-52977-6 / 1137529776 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-52977-0 / 9781137529770 |
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