Since the early 1970s the oil producing countries of the Gulf have become a focus of intense interest worldwide. Most of this interest has centred on the oil gi

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This book explores in depth the factors determining economic development in the Arab region. The particular factors relevant to the Arab world are also set with

In the early 1960s the Middle East suffered from political instability, inefficiency of government, widespread poverty and inequality, low productivity, and a m

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