Diwan, Ishac
The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition
1. Puzzles and Clues — An Overview
Ishac Diwan, Ahmed Galal
Part I. Economic Growth and Structural Transformation
2. Structural Transformation
Doerte Doemeland, Marc Schiffbauer
3. The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism
Melani Cammett, Ishac Diwan
4. Regional and Global Integration
Ishac Diwan, El Mouhoub Mouhoud
Part II. Inequality and Social Justice
5. Inequality of Opportunity in Human Development
Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft
6. Inequality of Opportunity in the Labor Market for Higher Education Graduates in Egypt and Jordan
Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad
7. Energy Subsidy Reform in Iran
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Part III. Rentier States Reconsidered
8. The Concept of “Rentier States” Revisited
Hazem Beblawi
9. Thresholds Matter: Resource Abundance, Development and Democratic Transition in the Arab World
Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi
10. Beyond the Resource Curse: Rents and Development
Adeel Malik
11. Public Sector Reform
Robert P. Beschel, Tarik M. Yousef
Part IV. Political Transitions
12. Transition Experiences and Relevant Lessons
Melani Cammett
13. Democracy and Economic Development
Mustapha Kamel Nabli
14. Transition Experiences: A Statistical Analysis
Caroline Freund, Melise Jaud
Keywords: Economics, Regional/Spatial Science, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, International Economics, Economic Policy, Development Economics, Political Economy
- Editor
- Diwan, Ishac
- Galal, Ahmed
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2016
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- International Economic Association Series
- Page amount
- 379 pages
- Category
- Economy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137529770
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-137-58394-9