ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|38 pages
Growth and development in comparative perspectives
section Section II|54 pages
Labour force and human development
chapter 6|17 pages
Women’s employment and labour force participation
section Section III|78 pages
Natural resources, resource curse and trade
chapter 9|15 pages
Understanding water conflicts in the MENA region
chapter 10|22 pages
Trade and economic growth in the MENA region
section Section IV|76 pages
Poverty, inequality and social policy
section Section V|70 pages
Institutions and transition to democracy
section Section VI|38 pages
Corruption, conflict and refugees