For PDF click here. Volume 4, No. 1- March 2000 TRADE POTENTIAL IN THE MIDDLE EAST: SOME OPTIMISTIC FINDINGS By Paul Rivlin Abstract: There has been much speculation about the economic opportunities that would be available in the Middle East after a resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This article measures potential trade and defines the […]
Leadership and the Economy in the Arab World, 1950-1996
This paper examines the state’s role in economic development for several Arab countries in comparison with the state’s active and effective role in Europe and East Asia. The European Experience and Gerschenkron’s Thesis According to Alexander Gerschenkron, the first industrialized nation, Britain, gradually developed a set of institutions able to support industrialization. Most important […]