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Record Nr.

UNINA9910420942103321

Titolo

When can oil economies be deemed sustainable? / / edited by Giacomo Luciani, Tom Moerenhout

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

981-15-5728-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 365 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

The Political Economy of the Middle East, , 2522-8862

Disciplina

338.9

Soggetti

Energy policy - Middle East

Natural resources - Middle East

Petroleum industry and trade - Environmental aspects - Middle East

Sustainable development - Middle East

Middle East Economic conditions

Middle East Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Framing the economic sustainability of oil economies -- 2. Fiscal sustainability, the labour market, and growth in Saudi Arabia -- 3. Outlook for producer economies -- 4. Economic diversification in Arab oil-exporting countries in the context of peak oil and the energy transition -- 5. Economic Diversification and Sustainable Development of GCC Countries -- 6. Redefining economic sustainability in resource-rich states: Comparative lessons -- 7. Fuel and electricity reform for economic sustainability in the Gulf -- 8. Fiscal sustainability and hydrocarbon endowment per capita in the GCC -- 9. GCC fiscal reforms and labor market policies -- 10. Economic diversification and job creation in the Arab Gulf countries: Applying a value chain perspective -- 11. Climate strategy for producer countries: The case of Saudi Arabia -- 12. The sustainability of GCC development under the new global oil order.

Sommario/riassunto

This open access book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion of what these economies and polities should do to guarantee themselves



a relatively stable future. Volatile international oil markets and the acceleration of the energy transition has challenged the notion that oil revenues are sufficient to sustain oil economies in the near to medium term. But what is the meaning of economic sustainability? The book discusses the multiple dimensions of the concept: economic diversification, continuing value of resources, taxation and fiscal development, labor market sustainability, sustainable income distribution, environmental sustainability, political order (democracy or authoritarianism) and sustainability, regional integration. The overarching message in this book is that we should move on from the simplistic branding of the Gulf economies as unsustainable and tackle the details of which adaptations they might need to undertake.