Rebuilding Devastated Economies in the Middle East [electronic resource] /
Binder, L.editor.
This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : global perspectives and regional realities / Leonard Binder -- The "uncanny" writ regional : new and recurring forms of poverty and inequality in the Arab world / Kiren Chaudhry -- Illicit economies and reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria / Bradford Dillman -- Complex consequences : hydrocarbon production as a route to economic health / Mary Ann Tetreault -- Rebuilding without resolution : the Lebanese economy and state in the post-civil  war period / Samir Makdisi -- War-torn or systemically distorted? rebuilding the Algerian economy / Miriam R Lowi -- No quick fix : foreign aid and state performance in Yemen / Sheila Carapico -- A millennium development goals-based strategy for rebuilding the post-conflict Sudanese economy / Ibrahim Ahmed Elbadawi -- Afghanistan : rebuilding and transforming a devastated economy / Marvin G  Weinbaum -- The road to civil and economic meltdown : "market fundamentalism" and its consequences in Iraq / Bassam Yousif -- References -- Index.
This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?
Development economics.
Economic development.
Political economy.
Industrial management—Environmental aspects.
Macroeconomics.
Development Economics.
Development Studies.
International Political Economy.
Sustainability Management.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.