The Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy

ISBN-13: 9781032021379 / Angielski

Hassan Hakimian

Opis

This Handbook captures the salient features of Middle Eastern economies and critically examines the public policy responses required to address the challenges and opportunities across the region. Bringing together wide-ranging perspectives from carefully selected and renowned subject specialists, the collection fills a gap in this relatively young and growing academic field.

Combining discussion of theory and empirical evidence, the book maps out the evolution of Middle East economics as a field within area studies and applied development economics. Presented in six thematic sections, the book enables the reader to gain a comprehensive understanding of the region’s main economic themes and issues:

• Growth and development in comparative perspectives

• Labour force and human development

• Natural resources, resource curse and trade

• Poverty, inequality and social policy

• Institutions and transition to democracy

• Corruption, conflict and refugees

Providing an overview of the principal economic problems, policies and performances relating to the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, this collection will be a key resource for upper-level undergraduates, graduates and scholars with an interest in Middle East economics, applied development economics, development studies and area studies.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Hassan Hakimian  Section I. Growth and Development in Comparative Perspectives  2. Explaining Growth in the Middle East Jeffrey B. Nugent  3. Is MENA Exceptional? Evidence from Structuralist and Comparative Perspectives Julia C Devlin  Section II. Labour Force and Human Development  4. Arab Human Development in Comparative Context Khalid Abu-Ismail and Niranjan Sarangi  5. Private Returns to Investment in Education in MENA Countries Aysit Tansel  6. Women’s Employment and Labour Force Participation: Puzzles, Problems and Research Needs Massoud Karshenas and Valentine M. Moghadam  Section III. Natural Resources, Resource Curse and Trade  7. Can the GCC Economies Escape the Oil Curse? Raimundo Soto  8. From Oil Rents to Inclusive Growth: Lessons from the MENA Region Hassan Hakimian  9. Understanding Water Conflicts in the MENA Region: A Comparative Analysis Using a Restructured Water Poverty Index Hatem Jemmali and Caroline A Sullivan  10. Trade and Economic Growth in the MENA Region: Do Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Differ in their Impact on Growth? Fida Karam and Chahir Zaki  Section IV. Poverty, Inequality and Social Policy  11. Poverty and Vulnerability in the MENA Region Khalid Abu-Ismail 12. Measuring Inequality in the Middle East Facundo Alvaredo, Lydia Assouad and Thomas Piketty  13. Inequalities in Early Childhood Development in the Middle East and North Africa Caroline Krafft and Safaa El-Kogali  14. Social Policy in the MENA Region Mahmood Messkoub  Section V. Institutions and Transition to Democracy  15. Religion and Politics: Why the West got Rich and the Middle East Did Not Jared Rubin  16. Islam and Economic Development David Cobham and Abdallah Zouache 17. The Arab Spring, and after: Economic Features and Policy Challenges David Cobham and Abdallah Zouache  18. The Youth Bulge: The Mismeasured, Misunderstood and Mistreated Arab Youth Zafiris Tzannatos  19. Arab Development and the Transition to Democracy Samir Makdisi  Section VI. Corruption, Conflict and Refugees  20. A Pyramid of Privilege: How Cronyism Shapes Business-State Relationship in the Middle East Izak Atiyas, Ishac Diwan and Adeel Malik  21. Refugees in the MENA Region: Historical Overview, Effects and Challenges Jeffrey B. Nugent  22. Gendered Socioeconomic Impacts of Conflict in the Middle East Jennifer C. Olmsted

O autorze

Hassan Hakimian is Professor of Economics and Director of the Middle Eastern Studies Department (MESD) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar and Emeritus Professor at SOAS University of London. During 2010–19, he was Director of the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) and Reader in the Economics Department at SOAS University of London. Dr Hakimian is a Founding Member and a past President of the International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA), a Research Fellow and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in Cairo. In 2003 he launched the Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa series.