Tunisia's Economic Development: Why Better than Most of the Middle East but Not East Asia

ISBN-13: 9781032313993 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 360 str.

Mustapha K. Nabli; Jeffrey B. Nugent

Opis

This book identifies the differences in growth and development, and the various factors lying behind them, across both Middle East and North African (MENA) and East Asian countries over the 1960-2020 period.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Tunisia's Economic and Social Outcomes in Comparative Perspective 2. Structural Transformation and Long Term Growth in Tunisia and across Sample Countries 3. A Historical Perspective on Tunisia' Development: Initial Conditions, Strategies and Policies 4. Why Has Tunisia Been More Successful in Growth and Development than Other MENA Countries? 5. Why Has Tunisia Not Done as Well in Economic Growth and Economic Development as the Most Successful East Asian Countries? 6. A Political Economy Analysis of the Balance over time Between the Roles of the State, Markets and the Private Sector 7. Uprisings, Democracy and Transition 8. Conclusions