Economic Analysis and Evaluation of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Gcc): Second Edition

ISBN-13: 9783631519929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 254 str.

Koppers, Simon

Opis

The GCC, founded in 1981, groups Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The present study provides a comprehensive economic analysis and evaluation of the GCC. Dutch Disease and rentier state models help to understand the GCC s difficulties. Cooperative solution strategies (from free trade area and customs union to complete economic integration) are studied in the GCC context. Cooperation efforts are listed in detail and grouped. The performance of GCC s free trade area is measured with an econometric model. Opinion surveys and interviews with the GCC Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs and some 40 other experts point to the specific problems yet to be overcome. Intrinsic explanations and underlying reasons for GCC s economic performance are provided."

Spis treści

Contents: Development Problems of the GCC States - Possibilities and Limitations of Regional Economic Cooperation in the GCC - Economic Decisions of the GCC - Economic Performance of the GCC - Intrinsic Explanations for GCC's Economic Performance - Underlying Reasons for GCC's Economic Performance.

O autorze

The Author: Simon Koppers, born in 1962, studied at the University of Bonn and at UC Berkeley from 1984 to 1993. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Bonn in 1995. From 1994 to 1996, he has been working for the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, Frankfurt am Main. Since 1996, he has been working for Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn.