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100	1		_aNoland, Marcus.
245	1	0	_aArab Economies in a Changing World.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aWashington : _bPeterson Institute for International Economics, _c2007.
264		4	_c©2007.
300			_a1 online resource (367 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Addressing the Challenge -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1A -- Chapter 2: Growth, Productivity, and Income -- Identifying the Comparators -- Relative International Performance -- Domestic Growth over Time -- Investment and Growth -- Sources of Differences in Growth Rates -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Welfare, Happiness, and Discontent -- Social Indicators -- Happiness -- Discontent -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Demographic Challenge and the Role of Globalization -- Demographic Changes -- Employment Generation and Productivity Growth -- International Trade Performance -- Capital Flows -- Financial-Market Development -- Conclusion -- Appendix 4A: Labor Force Absorption -- Chapter 5: Religion, Institutions, and Growth -- Religious Affiliation and Growth Across Countries -- Legal Systems and Growth -- Corruption and Growth -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6: Economic Policies and Their Effects -- Policies in Arab Economies -- Measuring Policy Effects -- Technology and Productivity Growth -- Conclusion -- Appendix 6A: Interaction of Education and Technology -- Chapter 7: Attitudes, Interest Groups, and Reform -- Popular Attitudes -- Elite Attitudes -- Impediments to Reform -- Appendix 7A: The Pew Survey -- Chapter 8: Global Engagement -- Membership in Multilateral Institutions -- Role of Preferential Arrangements -- Conclusion -- Appendix 8A: Select Regional Organizations -- Appendix 8B: US Preferential Trade Arrangements with Select Arab Countries -- Chapter 9: Risk, Credibility, and Supply Response -- Domestic Entrepreneurship -- Reversing the Brain Drain -- Role of Foreign Investment -- Affinity, Democracy, and Risk -- Conclusion -- Appendix 9A -- Chapter 10: Authoritarianism, Uncertainty, and Prospects for Change -- Path to Political Reform.
505	8		_aImplications for International Exchange -- Prospects for Change -- Appendix 10A: Quantitative Modeling of Political Regimes -- Chapter 11: Conclusion -- Identifying the Constraints -- Designing Solutions: An Example -- Political Economy of Reform -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Index.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aGlobalization.
650		0	_aArab countries -- Economic conditions.
650		0	_aArab countries -- Economic policy.
650		0	_aArab countries -- Politics and government.
650		0	_aArab countries -- History.
650		0	_aArab countries -- Social conditions.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aPack, Howard.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aNoland, Marcus _tArab Economies in a Changing World _dWashington : Peterson Institute for International Economics,c2007 _z9780881323931
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3385460 _zClick to View
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