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000317017 010__ $$a  2007004018
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000317017 05000 $$aHC498$$b.N56 2007
000317017 08200 $$a330.917/4927$$222
000317017 1001_ $$aNoland, Marcus,$$d1959-
000317017 24514 $$aThe Arab economies in a changing world /$$cMarcus Noland and Howard Pack.
000317017 260__ $$aWashington, DC :$$bPeterson Institute for International Economics,$$c2007.
000317017 300__ $$axv , 350 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm.
000317017 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000317017 5050_ $$aDimensions of the challenge. Addressing the challenge -- Growth, productivity, and welfare. Identifying the comparators. Natural resources and physical capital. Human capital. Relative international performance. Domestic growth over time. Investment and growth. Sources of differences in growth rates -- Welfare, happiness, and discontent. Social indicators. Happiness. Discontent -- Dimensions of the challenge. What are the perceived problems? Demographic changes. Employment generation and productivity growth. International trade performance. Dimensions of the problem. Foreign direct investment and financial inflows. Oil rents, aid, and remittances. Financial market development. Explanations of limited globalization. Some effects of lack of globalization -- Obstacles to, and enablers of, development. Institutions and the influence of Islam. Religious affiliation and growth across countries. Religion and institutions. legal systems and growth. Corruption and growth. Evolving understanding of development policy. Policies and their effects. An alternate view of the determinants of productivity growth -- Policy levers and constraints. Internal constraints to reform. The external policy dimension. The role of preferential agreements. Intra-Arab agreements. Club Med. Preferential agreements with the US -- Risk, credibility, and supply response. Domestic entrepreneurship. Reversing the brain drain. Arabs in North America. Arabs in Europe. The role of foreign investment. Asian experiences with diaspora and foreign entrepreneurs. Affinity, democracy, and risk -- Authoritarianism, uncertainty, and prospects for change. The political economy of reform. Implications for international exchange. Prospects for change -- Conclusions -- Defining the problem. Designing solutions. The political economy of reform.
000317017 650_0 $$aGlobalization.
000317017 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xEconomic conditions.
000317017 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xEconomic policy.
000317017 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xPolitics and government.
000317017 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xHistory.
000317017 651_0 $$aArab countries$$xSocial conditions.
000317017 7001_ $$aPack, Howard.
000317017 85200 $$bgen$$hHC498$$i.N56$$i2007
000317017 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007004018.html
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000317017 980__ $$aBIB
000317017 980__ $$aBOOK
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