Financial markets and institutions in the Arab economy
By: Nidal Rashid Sabri.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781604561371
Subjects: Financial institutions -- Arab countries; Globalization -- Arab countries; Arab countries -- Economic policy; Arab countries -- Economic conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-163) and index.
Table of contents: title: Fundamentals; title: Introduction; title: Arab political unity; title: Arab economic unity; title: Arab human development; title: Moving towards privatization; title: The significant role of oil production; title: Conclusion; title: Major features of Arab economy; title: Introduction; title: It is a service economy; title: Volatility of government revenues; title: Insignificance of tax revenues; title: High unemployment rates; title: Increased burden of government's debt; title: Surplus current account; title: Significance of workers' remittances; title: Conclusion; title: Arab business environment; title: Introduction; title: Business culture in the Arab economy; title: Not ease of doing business; title: Modest competitiveness environment; title: Low transparency; title: Average credit rating; title: Low ranking of good government; title: Modest appeal to foreign investment; title: Conclusion; title: Arab financial institutions; title: Introduction; title: Currency systems in Arab economy; title: Arab central banks; title: Commercial banks; title: Arab development funds; title: Arab insurance companies; title: Islamic finance and institutions; title: Other financial institutions; title: Conclusion; title: Arab financial markets; title: Introduction; title: Emergence of Arab stock markets; title: Major merits of Arab stock markets; title: Arab bond markets; title: Globalization and Arab stock markets; title: Performance of Arab stock markets; title: Role of stock markets in the Arab economy; title: Stability of Arab stock markets; title: Conclusion; title: Epilogue; title: Introduction; title: Insight looks to the Arab economy; title: Insight looks to the Arab financial sector; title: Conclusion.