Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World / / Paul Rivlin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Rivlin, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (237 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; CHAPTER 1 Economic Policy and Development in the Arab Middle East: The Framework for Discussion --; CHAPTER 2 Socioeconomic Conditions in the 1990s --; CHAPTER 3 Natural Resources, the Role of Rents, and Interest Groups --; CHAPTER 4 The Productive Sectors: Agriculture and Industry --; CHAPTER 5 Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia --; CHAPTER 6 Syria’s Hesitant Road to Reform --; CHAPTER 7 The International Environment: Economic Relations with the European Union --; CHAPTER 8 Conclusion --; Appendix: A Note on Theories of Economic Growth --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626373372; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626373372
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paul Rivlin.

What drives economic policymaking and performance in the Arab states? Paul Rivlin finds that domestic and international pressures have combined in the past decade to simultaneously foster change and limit available policy options. Rivlin examines the socioeconomic issues that are major concerns for policymakers, the role of rental incomes and interest groups, and the particular problems facing the industrial and agricultural sectors. Assessing data from Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, and Syria, he devotes two chapters to the results of stabilization and structural adjustment policies. His insightful analysis is situated in the context of the sharp debate about IMF- and World Bank-adjustment policies.