Rebuilding Devastated Economies in the Middle East

This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?

 

Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; L.Binder - New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; K.Chaudhry - Illicit International Transactions: Implications for Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; B.Dillman - Hydrocarbon Production As a Route to Economic Health: Complex Consequences; M.A. Tetreault - Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; S.Makdisi - Warn-Torn or Systematically Distorted? Rebuilding the Algerian Economy; M.R. Lowi - No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen; S.Carapico - An MDG-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Post-Conflict Sudanese Economy; I.A.Elbadawi - Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; M.G. Weinbaum - The Road to Civil and Economic Meltdown: 'Market Fundamentalism and Its Consequences in Iraq; B.Yousif