James E. Rauch (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Uni
The Economics of the Middle East
A Comparative Approach
James E. Rauch (Professor of Economics, Professor of Economics, Uni
The Economics of the Middle East
A Comparative Approach
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Economist James Rauch evaluates the socioeconomic trajectories of groups of Middle Eastern States in relation to each other and to countries with similar characteristics.
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Economist James Rauch evaluates the socioeconomic trajectories of groups of Middle Eastern States in relation to each other and to countries with similar characteristics.
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- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Seitenzahl: 328
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 476g
- ISBN-13: 9780190879198
- ISBN-10: 019087919X
- Artikelnr.: 55395027
- Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
- Seitenzahl: 328
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 233mm x 154mm x 25mm
- Gewicht: 476g
- ISBN-13: 9780190879198
- ISBN-10: 019087919X
- Artikelnr.: 55395027
James Rauch is Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a Guggenheim Fellow and a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). He has done extensive research in the Middle East and was a Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Financial Economics in the American University of Beirut.
* I. Introduction
* The Scope of This Book
* The Human Development Index
* Three Arab Worlds
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab
Spring"
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring"
* A Note on Country Groups
* II. Historical Perspective
* Introduction
* Extensive versus Intensive Growth
* The Division of the World
* The Great Divergence
* III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct
Investment
* Introduction
* International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean
and Turkey
* Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers
* Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism
* Natural Resource Rents and OPEC
* Foreign Direct Investment
* IV. Human Resources
* Introduction
* Education
* Health
* The Demographic Transition
* V. Gender Gaps
* Introduction
* Education
* Labor Force Participation
* Health
* VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment
* Introduction
* Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index
* Poverty Headcounts
* Migration and Remittances
* Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty
* Unemployment and Self-Employment
* VII. Environmental Challenges
* Introduction
* Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and
Sanitation Services
* Air Pollution
* Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
* The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and
Turkey
* VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies,
and the Military
* Introduction
* Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance
* Urban Primacy
* Energy Subsidies
* Military Spending
* Slums
* Infrastructure Quality
* IX. Political Economy
* Introduction
* Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency
* Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and
Enforcing Contracts
* Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia
* X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy
* The Scope of This Book
* The Human Development Index
* Three Arab Worlds
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab
Spring"
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring"
* A Note on Country Groups
* II. Historical Perspective
* Introduction
* Extensive versus Intensive Growth
* The Division of the World
* The Great Divergence
* III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct
Investment
* Introduction
* International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean
and Turkey
* Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers
* Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism
* Natural Resource Rents and OPEC
* Foreign Direct Investment
* IV. Human Resources
* Introduction
* Education
* Health
* The Demographic Transition
* V. Gender Gaps
* Introduction
* Education
* Labor Force Participation
* Health
* VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment
* Introduction
* Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index
* Poverty Headcounts
* Migration and Remittances
* Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty
* Unemployment and Self-Employment
* VII. Environmental Challenges
* Introduction
* Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and
Sanitation Services
* Air Pollution
* Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
* The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and
Turkey
* VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies,
and the Military
* Introduction
* Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance
* Urban Primacy
* Energy Subsidies
* Military Spending
* Slums
* Infrastructure Quality
* IX. Political Economy
* Introduction
* Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency
* Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and
Enforcing Contracts
* Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia
* X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy
* I. Introduction
* The Scope of This Book
* The Human Development Index
* Three Arab Worlds
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab
Spring"
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring"
* A Note on Country Groups
* II. Historical Perspective
* Introduction
* Extensive versus Intensive Growth
* The Division of the World
* The Great Divergence
* III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct
Investment
* Introduction
* International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean
and Turkey
* Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers
* Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism
* Natural Resource Rents and OPEC
* Foreign Direct Investment
* IV. Human Resources
* Introduction
* Education
* Health
* The Demographic Transition
* V. Gender Gaps
* Introduction
* Education
* Labor Force Participation
* Health
* VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment
* Introduction
* Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index
* Poverty Headcounts
* Migration and Remittances
* Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty
* Unemployment and Self-Employment
* VII. Environmental Challenges
* Introduction
* Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and
Sanitation Services
* Air Pollution
* Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
* The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and
Turkey
* VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies,
and the Military
* Introduction
* Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance
* Urban Primacy
* Energy Subsidies
* Military Spending
* Slums
* Infrastructure Quality
* IX. Political Economy
* Introduction
* Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency
* Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and
Enforcing Contracts
* Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia
* X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy
* The Scope of This Book
* The Human Development Index
* Three Arab Worlds
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds on the Eve of the "Arab
Spring"
* Human Development in the Three Arab Worlds After the "Arab Spring"
* A Note on Country Groups
* II. Historical Perspective
* Introduction
* Extensive versus Intensive Growth
* The Division of the World
* The Great Divergence
* III.International Trade, Natural Resource Rents, and Foreign Direct
Investment
* Introduction
* International Trade and Industrialization of the Arab Mediterranean
and Turkey
* Manufactured Exports to High-Income Consumers
* Service Exports to High-Income Consumers: Tourism
* Natural Resource Rents and OPEC
* Foreign Direct Investment
* IV. Human Resources
* Introduction
* Education
* Health
* The Demographic Transition
* V. Gender Gaps
* Introduction
* Education
* Labor Force Participation
* Health
* VI. Income Inequality, Poverty, Migration, and Unemployment
* Introduction
* Income Inequality as Measured by the Gini Index
* Poverty Headcounts
* Migration and Remittances
* Public and Private Sector Expenditure to Reduce Poverty
* Unemployment and Self-Employment
* VII. Environmental Challenges
* Introduction
* Water Scarcity and Lack of Access to Basic Drinking Water and
Sanitation Services
* Air Pollution
* Municipal Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
* The Consequences of Global Warming for the Arab Countries, Iran, and
Turkey
* VIII. Government Spending: Urban Infrastructure, Energy Subsidies,
and the Military
* Introduction
* Urbanization and Strain on Public Finance
* Urban Primacy
* Energy Subsidies
* Military Spending
* Slums
* Infrastructure Quality
* IX. Political Economy
* Introduction
* Corruption, GDP per capita, and Bureaucratic Inefficiency
* Bureaucratic Performance With Regard to Starting a Business and
Enforcing Contracts
* Politically Connected Firms in Egypt and Tunisia
* X. Conclusion: Some Modest Proposals for Policy