03274nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003100112040002100143035002100164043001200185050002300197082002100220100002700241245010000268260007700368300002400445504005100469505182800520533015202348650001902500651004102519651003702560651004502597651002902642651003902671655002902710700001802739710001702757856012602774ebr10199741CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070202s2007    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2007004018  z9780881323931 (alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)290492800  ama-----14aHC498b.N56 2007eb04a330.917/49272221 aNoland, Marcus,d1959-14aThe Arab economies in a changing worldh[electronic resource] /cMarcus Noland and Howard Pack.  aWashington, DC :bPeterson Institute for International Economics,c2007.  axv , 350 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aDimensions of the challenge. Addressing the challenge -- Growth, productivity, and welfare. Identifying the comparators. Natural resources and physical capital. Human capital. Relative international performance. Domestic growth over time. Investment and growth. Sources of differences in growth rates -- Welfare, happiness, and discontent. Social indicators. Happiness. Discontent -- Dimensions of the challenge. What are the perceived problems? Demographic changes. Employment generation and productivity growth. International trade performance. Dimensions of the problem. Foreign direct investment and financial inflows. Oil rents, aid, and remittances. Financial market development. Explanations of limited globalization. Some effects of lack of globalization -- Obstacles to, and enablers of, development. Institutions and the influence of Islam. Religious affiliation and growth across countries. Religion and institutions. legal systems and growth. Corruption and growth. Evolving understanding of development policy. Policies and their effects. An alternate view of the determinants of productivity growth -- Policy levers and constraints. Internal constraints to reform. The external policy dimension. The role of preferential agreements. Intra-Arab agreements. Club Med. Preferential agreements with the US -- Risk, credibility, and supply response. Domestic entrepreneurship. Reversing the brain drain. Arabs in North America. Arabs in Europe. The role of foreign investment. Asian experiences with diaspora and foreign entrepreneurs. Affinity, democracy, and risk -- Authoritarianism, uncertainty, and prospects for change. The political economy of reform. Implications for international exchange. Prospects for change -- Conclusions -- Defining the problem. Designing solutions. The political economy of reform.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aGlobalization. 0aArab countriesxEconomic conditions. 0aArab countriesxEconomic policy. 0aArab countriesxPolitics and government. 0aArab countriesxHistory. 0aArab countriesxSocial conditions. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aPack, Howard.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10199741zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view