Future Challeges for the Arab World
Subtitle: The Implications of Demographic and Economic Trends
By: Keith Crane, Steven Simon, Jeffrey Martini
Contributors: Project Air Force (U.S.).; Rand Corporation; United States. Air Force
Series: REPORT
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780833051004
Subjects: Politics and government; Petroleum industry and trade; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Demography; Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; Foreign relations; Population
Description: This report assesses likely demographic and economic trends in the Arab world through 2020, focusing on changes that are likely to affect U.S. defense planning and U.S. policy in the region. The report assesses how long-term trends in demographic changes and the economies in this region are likely to affect U.S. interests. The report explores population shifts and economic changes in both energy-rich and energy-poor countries. Implications for U.S. policy from this report include slower population growth easing pressures on natural resources and public services and U.S. support for such programs as family planning and female education encouraging trends toward lower fertility rates. More-relaxed U.S. and European immigration and visa policies toward the citizens of the Middle East can enhance political and community ties between Arabs and the West. The United States, through the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, should encourage economic liberalization and free trade within the region.
Notes: "Prepared for the United States Air Force"--T.p.

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-99).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Population Growth in the Arab World : The Pressure of People; title: The Energy Rich: A Second Chance; title: The Energy Poor: Prospects for Economic Growth; title: Conclusions and Implications for U.S. Policymakers.