Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East
Title | Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | M. Riad El-Ghonemy |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 113485627X |
Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East is an introduction to the political economy of the Middle East, focusing on its most salient features - persistent poverty and extreme inequality. El-Ghonemy analyses the factors influencing the region, including its unique historical, religious and cultural mix, as well as its economic foundations and forms of corruption. For each factor he employs case-studies drawn from throughout the region, from Turkey to Sudan and Morocco to Iran. In the final section El-Ghomeny discusses possible solutions to the challenges facing the region, including possible uses of a peace dividend, and the role of democracy.
Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East
Title | Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Mohamad Riad El Ghonemy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Income distribution |
ISBN | 9780203174876 |
Persistant poverty and extreme inequality are two of the most important features of the political economy of the Middle East. El-Ghonemy examines a number of factors influencing the region and also suggests some solutions to the problems faced.
Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa
Title | Sustaining Gains in Poverty Reduction and Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Farrukh Iqbal |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0821365282 |
This book reviews the experience of the MENA region with poverty and human development since the mid-1980s. It finds that poverty rates did not decline by much during this period while health and education indicators improved substantially. The stagnation of poverty rates is ascribed to the stagnation of the region's economies during this period while the improvement in human indicators is likely due to several factors including improvement in the delivery of public health and education services.
Land and Poverty in the Middle East
Title | Land and Poverty in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Doreen Warriner |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Land tenure |
ISBN |
Earnings Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
Title | Earnings Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Wassim N. Shahin |
Publisher | Praeger |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2000-04-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
The past ten years for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries have registered an extreme deterioration in at least one measure of social and economic welfare: earnings inequality, unemployment, and poverty. The combination of slow economic growth, population explosion, and decline in labor productivity led to the reversal of the economic gains achieved during the economic boom in the 1970s. In contrast to that period, growth per capita (GDP) in 1980-1991 for Arab countries was -0.2%. Several indicators point to the extent of the problems faced today by the region's countries. Although the percentage of poverty declined for the majority of the regions in the world in 1985-1990, it has increased in the MENA region. The purpose of this volume is to address the conditions of earnings inequality, unemployment, and poverty in the MENA region and the problems associated with these factors; to determine the state and magnitude of these problems through various country studies; and to provide solutions to alleviate the negative conditions facing developing economies, with special emphasis on the MENA countries.
Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa
Title | Employment Creation and Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran, and Turkey |
Publisher | American Univ in Cairo Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9789774247002 |
Describes and analyzes critical aspects of the labor market and social protection in the Arab world
Rich and Poor States in the Middle East
Title | Rich and Poor States in the Middle East PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm H. Kerr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2019-09-13 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780367286064 |
While oil wealth has enriched some Middle East Arab nations, others that lack oil resources have remained poor and are looking now to their oil-rich neighbors for development assistance. This collection of studies on the economic, social, and political relationships between the haves and the have-nots in the Middle East focuses on Egypt-the largest state in the region-and on its prospects for change based on financial assistance from other Arab countries.The authors have many disagreements about the future of both rich and poor nations in the Middle East and considerable skepticism about the possibility of transforming Egypt, but they do agree that the future must be projected in the framework of a new regional order in which oil wealth, labor migration, and liberalized national economies are fundamental realities.