Structural Adjustment Programs In The Middle East

Author : Iliya F. Harik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Privatization and Liberalization in the Middle East written by Iliya F. Harik and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... a highly original and valuable contribution on an important and most timely topic... No other book on Middle Eastern political economy matches this one in combining clarity of focus and breadth of geographic coverage. - Robert Bianchi. An international group of specialists take stock of the problems and prospects for privatization of state-run economies and other liberalization efforts in a wide range of countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Although privatization and liberalization are frequently regarded as economic measures, the contributors demonstrate that it is the politics of such reforms that often determines the success or failure of economic policy changes. The countries under review share a variety of economic and political characteristics, yet are sufficiently different in their response to the call for privatization to constitute useful cases for comparative political and economic analysis. Countries studied include Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Algeria. The contributors are Abdel-Monem Said Aly, Laurie A. Brand, Kiren Aziz Chaudhry, Iliya Harik, Fred H. Lawson, Marcie J. J. Sullivan, and Dirk Vandewalle.

Author : Dieter Weiss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783860930137
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural adjustment programs in the Middle East written by Dieter Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mr.Hamid R Davoodi
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 9781589062290
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa written by Mr.Hamid R Davoodi and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-09-05 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Roger D. Norton
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251025338
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Issues in Structural Adjustment Programs written by Roger D. Norton and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses the characteristics of structural adjustment programmes, agricultural responses to them, and the implementation of adjustment strategies in agriculture. Looks at agriculture as a source of economic imbalances, agricultural priorities, and the role of international organisations.

Author : Mahmoud Elkhafif
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136324313
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World written by Mahmoud Elkhafif and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies; including policy space, generation of more productive and decent employment, social justice and poverty alleviation, regional integration and the common destiny of the Arab people, and the failure of the structural adjustment programs recommended by the Bretton Woods institutions and implemented in these countries in the last three decades. The volume explores, and makes recommendations, for deep pan Arab regional integration and alternative pro-poor, growth-oriented economic and trade policies capable of promoting social justice by reducing the incidence of poverty. It highlights the ways in which various types of economic and trade policies have affected the levels of employment and poverty in five Arab countries: Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan. Using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the book focuses on Arab trade integration, exploring the obstacles to its implementation in the past, as well as its potentials as a source of employment generation and enhancement of living conditions. The book also addresses the construction, interpretation and use of quantitative trade indicators for optimal policy choice at both the domestic and regional levels.

Author : Ray Bush
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429721471
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Crisis And The Politics Of Reform In Egypt written by Ray Bush and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-10 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the character and consequences of Egypt's economic reform and structural adjustment programme of 1991, along with the second stage of reforms in 1996. It contributes to the debates underpinning the political economy of economic reform and agricultural reform.

Author : Mr.Saíd El-Naggar
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 9780939934966
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adjustment Policies and Development Strategies in the Arab World written by Mr.Saíd El-Naggar and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1987-09-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Selected Issues paper discusses the assessment of economic activity in Togo in absence of quarterly GDP series. Togo collects about 40 macroeconomic indicators monthly that span a wide range of sectors of the economy. The selection of the variables for the economic activity index is conducted by finding the combination of variables. The indicators are aggregated into an index using a methodology used by the Conference Board. Then an economic activity index is constructed that effectively replicates the historical growth rates of real GDP in Togo. The selected index minimizes the deviations between the growth rates of the indicator and actual real GDP growth over 2002–13.

Author : Eleanor Abdella Doumato
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781588261342
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women and Globalization in the Arab Middle East written by Eleanor Abdella Doumato and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work assesses the impact of globalization on women in Middle Eastern societies. To explore the gendered effects of social change, the authors examine trends within, as well as among, states in the region. Detailed case studies reveal the mixed results of global pressures.

Author : Elias H. Tuma
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317594657
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Political Change in the Middle East (RLE Economy of Middle East) written by Elias H. Tuma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1960s the Middle East suffered from political instability, inefficiency of government, widespread poverty and inequality, low productivity, and a mounting population pressure on the region’s resources. With the exception of some of the oil-exporting countries, the entire region still suffers from these same burdens. There have been many studies in the economic development and industrialization of the region in recent years. This study is different, motivated by scepticism and a sense of intellectual frustration and apprehension because of the apparent inadequacy of socioeconomic and political development in the Middle East. First published in 1987.

Author : Stephen J. King
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253004004
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa written by Stephen J. King and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen J. King considers the reasons that international and domestic efforts toward democratization have failed to take hold in the Arab world. Focusing on Egypt, Tunisia, Syria, and Algeria, he suggests that a complex set of variables characterizes authoritarian rule and helps to explain both its dynamism and its persistence. King addresses, but moves beyond, how religion and the strongly patriarchal culture influence state structure, policy configuration, ruling coalitions, and legitimization and privatization strategies. He shows how the transformation of authoritarianism has taken place amid shifting social relations and political institutions and how these changes have affected the lives of millions. Ultimately, King's forward-thinking analysis offers a way to enhance the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.