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1 online resource (xlviii, 324 pages) |
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Part 1. Regional Structural Reforms and Engines of Change -- Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices / Nabil Sultan -- Deepening the GCC Debt Markets: The Saudi Arabian Experience / Abraham Abraham and Fazal J. Seyyed -- GCC Economic Integration: Statistical Harmonization for an Effective Monetary Union / Ikhlaas Gurrib -- E-Learning in the Arab Gulf: Responding to the Changing World of Education / Nabil Sultan, Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Christopher Davidson, Alain Sentini and David Weir |
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Part 2. Sustainable Security: Oil, Renewable Energy and Food -- Energy Security in the EU from GCC Perspective / Mohammed Al-Sahlawi -- Going Nuclear in the GCC Countries: Rationale, Challenges, and Politics / Ashutosh Sharma, Nabil Sultan and David Weir -- Meeting the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Challenges in GCC Economies: Masdar Initiative Case Study / Toufic Mezher and Jacob Park -- Food Security in the GCC Economies / Andy Spiess |
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Part 3. Regional Risk, Global Competitiveness and Economic Diversification -- GCC Country Risk Analysis / Hassan Mounir El Sady and Hassan Mounir El Sady -- Macroeconomic Competitiveness of the GCC Economies / Ahmed A.A. Khalifa -- The GCC Intellectual Property Regimes: Global Harmonization or Regional Integration? / David Price -- Economic Diversification in Saudi Arabia: The Need for Improving Competitiveness for Sustainable Development / M. Sadiq Sohail -- Successful Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations / Marwan N. Al Qur'an -- Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia: A Competitiveness Analysis / Mohammad Hanif Akhtar |
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Part 4. Corporate Governance, Transparency and Private Sector Operating Environment -- Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries / Haider Madani -- Corporate Governance Regulation: The Experience of Saudi Arabia / Nadia Anani -- An Analysis of Entrepreneurship Characteristics in Saudi Arabia / Hazbo Skoko -- The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Motivation Among Women: A Comparative Study of Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain / Muhammad A. Sadi and Basheer M. Al-Ghazali -- Influencing Factors Model of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) / Hazbo Skoko |
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Part 5. Investing Surplus Wealth: GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF's) -- GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds: Challenges, Opportunities, and Issues Arising from Their Growing Presence on the Global Landscape / Ruth Rios-Morales, Mohamed A. Ramady and Louis Brennan -- The Misconceptions Regarding the GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds / Behzad Shahandeh -- The Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds from the GCC in an International Perspective / Sven Behrendt -- Putting Sovereign Wealth Funds to Good Use: Strategic Options for SWFs in the GCC Region / Mohammed Salisu and Nahed Taher |
| Summary |
The 'Arab Spring of 2011 has affected the countries of the region to varying degrees, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members, comprising Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Bahrain. The GCC has become a significant regional bloc playing a vital economic and political role far beyond its shores, given its geopolitical strategic location, a preponderance of global energy reserves and a major international player through the use of accumulated financial reserves. A new Gulf is rising, one that is more self assertive, looking to expand its membership to other Arab countries such as Jordan and Morocco, while at the same time strengthening the blocs relationship with current and emerging trading and strategic partners in Europe, USA and Asia. Regional and international realities, especially the uncertainties unleashed by the 'Arab Spring, are forcing Gulf leadership to initiate new policies involving closer cooperation amongst GCC countries to address emerging challenges. This volume brings together thirty renowned academics and specialists to examine a range of multifaceted social, political and economic issues facing the GCC in key areas |
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Economics |
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Economic policy |
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Economics/Management Science |
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Energy Policy, Economics and Management |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index |
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Gulf Cooperation Council.
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Gulf Cooperation Council fast |
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Gulf Cooperation Council gnd |
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Energy policy -- Persian Gulf States
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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Energy policy
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Wirtschaftskooperation
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Wirtschaftspolitik
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Persian Gulf States -- Economic policy
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Persian Gulf States -- Economic conditions
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Persian Gulf States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ramady, M. A. (Mohamed A.)
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| ISBN |
9781461416111 |
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1461416116 |
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