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Economic Challenges facing Middle Eastern and North African Countries

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Nemat Shafik

    1. Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Economic Challenges Facing Middle Eastern and North African Countries: An Overview

    1. Economic Challenges Facing Middle Eastern and North African Countries: An Overview

      • Nemat Shafik
      Pages 1-9

  3. Perspectives from the Maghreb

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Adjustment, Strategic Planning, and the Morocco Economy

      • Bachir Hamdouch
      Pages 13-24

    3. Competition Policies and Deregulation in Tunisia

      • Mohamed Hedi Lahouel
      Pages 25-49

  4. Perspectives from the Mashreq

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. A Vision for Egypt in 2012

      • Heba Handoussa, Hanaa Kheir-El-Din
      Pages 53-77

    3. The State and the Private Sector in Jordan

      • Taher H. Kanaan
      Pages 78-100

    4. The Palestinian Economy: Alternative Futures

      • George T. Abed
      Pages 101-115

    5. Reconstructing Lebanon’s Economy

      • Georges Corm
      Pages 116-135

    6. Syria: Strategic Economic Issues

      • Nabil Sukkar
      Pages 136-155

  5. Perspectives from Turkey, Sudan, Iran, and the Gulf

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Determinants of Economic Growth in Turkey

      • Sübidey Togan
      Pages 159-177

    3. Sudan: Toward a Strategic Vision for Peace and Development

      • Ibrahim A. Elbadawi
      Pages 178-201

    4. Structural Adjustment and the Iranian Economy

      • Massoud Karshenas
      Pages 202-224

    5. Policies and Economic Potential in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council

      • Hossein Askari, Maha Bazzari, William Tyler
      Pages 225-255

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 257-266
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An authoritative analysis of economic performance in Middle Eastern and North African countries are presented by scholars in the region. The papers focus on the implications of changes in the world economy, in the role of the private sector, and in the need for human resource development. Country studies are presented for Egypt, the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.

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  • Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Nemat Shafik

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