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Combining economic and political development : the experience of MENA /

Since 2011, democratic transitions in the Middle East and North Africa have mostly failed to consolidate and have been hindered by the difficult economic heritage of previous authoritarian governments. Yet newly established democratic governments must deliver on the expectations of their people, esp...

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Other Authors: Luciani, Giacomo, 1948- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2017]
Series:International development policy.
Subjects:
Middle East > Economic policy.
Africa, North > Economic policy.
Arab Spring, 2011-
Afrique du Nord > Politique économique.
Economic policy.
North Africa.
Middle East.
Arab States.
Arab Spring.
Rebellions.
Democracy.
Economic development.
Online Access:EBSCOhost
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction: in search of economic policies to stabilise democratic transitions / Giacomo Luciani
  • Reflections on the arab uprisings / Samir Makdisi
  • Rethinking the rentier curse / Adeel Malik
  • A brief political economy of energy subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa / Laura El-Katiri and Bassam Fattouh
  • The political economy of distribution in the Middle East : is there scope for a new social contract? / Steffen Hertog
  • Arab states as shareholders : origins and consequences / Alissa Amico
  • Can finance and credit enable economic growth and democracy? / Bassem Snaije
  • Agriculture and development in the wake of the Arab spring / Eckart Woertz
  • Mass migration and uprisings in Arab countries : an analytical framework / Philippe Fargues.

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