| Description |
1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa |
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Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa
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| Contents |
Cover; Economic and Trade Policies inthe Arab World; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Acronyms; 1. Introduction: promoting sub-regional growth-oriented economic and trade policies towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in selected Arab countries; 2. Investigating the relationship between trade and poverty: the case of Egypt; 3. Employment and poverty effects of trade and investment policies in Jordan; 4. Process and implications of Morocco's economic and trade liberalization |
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5. Economic and trade policy-making under occupation in the Palestinian territory6. Trade policy, regional integration and pro-poor growth: an empirical analysis for Sudan, 1970-2007; 7. Arab trade: data, models and issues; 8. Conclusions: development strategy for poverty reduction and Arab integration; Appendix: revealed comparative advantage indices of five Arab countries; Index |
| Summary |
The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies; including policy space, generation of more productive and decent employment, social justice and poverty alleviation, regional integration and the common destiny of the Arab people, and the failure of the structural adjustment programs recommended by the Bretton Woods institutions and implemented in these |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foreign trade and employment -- Arab countries
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Poverty -- Arab countries
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Economic policy
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Foreign trade and employment
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Poverty
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries -- Economic policy
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| Subject |
Arab countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Taghdisi-Rad, Sahar
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Elagraa, Mutasim
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| ISBN |
9780203120927 |
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0203120922 |
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