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Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Meed Balancing Middle East Economics
Author: Scuds or Butter?
Author: Yahya M. SadowskiPublisher: Brookings Institution Press
ISBN: 9780815720942
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
In the late 1970s and 1980s, Middle Eastern states spent more than $600 billion expanding their military forces. They acquired thousands of tanks, advanced fighter aircraft, ballistic missiles, chemical weapons, and—in some cases—nuclear devices. These potent arsenals make the Middle East the tinderbox of world affairs. In this book, foreign policy analyst Yahya Sadowski shows that the arms race cannot be sustained in the 1990s. Declining oil prices, overpopulation, economic mismanagement, and foreign policy adventures—such as the 1992 Gulf War, which cost local states another $600 billion—have sapped the economies of the Middle East. Facing dwindling incomes and rising expenses, growing numbers of Middle Easterners now favor diverting funds away from military expenditures and concentrating them on economic development programs. Sadowski argues that arms control programs for the Middle East should be designed to reinforce and exploit these economic pressures for demilitarization. He examines the strengths and weaknesses of various arms control proposals, such as the U.S. call for a cartel of weapons exporters and a Jordanian plan to liquidate the foreign debt of states that curb military expenditures.
Crises in the Contemporary Persian Gulf
Author: Barry RubinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135288828
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This work addresses the main strategic issues in today's Persian Gulf, a region that could easily produce a crisis that would encourage international political and economic involvement. Topics discussed include: strategic balances, modernization, internal stability, and weapons of mass destruction.
Department of State Bulletin
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.
The Political Economy of the Middle East: Economic and political liberalisation
Author: Tim NiblockPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The fourth in a series on the Middle East, this volume deals with liberalisation. It argues that few countries have been untouched by economic and/or political liberalisation, particularly the Middle East. It looks at Turkey, Egypt and Iraq along with other Middle Eastern states.
Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Mr.Hamid R DavoodiPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781589062290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable success in avoiding crises and achieving macroeconomic stability, the region’s economic performance in the past 30 years has been below potential. This paper takes stock of the region’s relatively weak performance, explores the reasons for this out come, and proposes an agenda for urgent reforms.
The Economic Structure of the Middle East
Author: Zvi Yehuda HershlagPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN: 9789004042148
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Regional Economic Outlook, October 2014, Middle East and Central Asia,
Author: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1498343732
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This issue discusses economic developments in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP), which continue to reflect the diversity of conditions prevailing across the region. Most high-income oil exporters, primarily in the GCC, continue to record steady growth and solid economic and financial fundamentals, albeit with medium-term challenges that need to be addressed. In contrast, other countries—Iraq, Libya, and Syria—are mired in conflicts with not only humanitarian but also economic consequences. And yet other countries, mostly oil importers, are making continued but uneven progress in advancing their economic agendas, often in tandem with political transitions and amidst difficult social conditions. In most of these countries, without extensive economic and structural reforms, economic prospects for the medium term remain insufficient to reduce high unemployment and improve living standards.
Need to Reform U.S. Export Controls
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade, and EnvironmentPublisher:
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Category : Export controls
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
World Economic Outlook, October 2015
Author: International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1513520733
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This issue discusses a number of factors affecting global growth, as well as growth prospects across the world’s main countries and regions. It assesses the ongoing recovery from the global financial crisis in advanced and emerging market economies and evaluates risks, both upside and downside, including those associated with commodity prices, currency fluctuations, and financial market volatility. A special feature examines in detail causes and implications of the recent commodity price downturn; analytical chapters look at the effects of commodity windfalls on potential output and of exchange rate movements on trade.
