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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455449603321

Autore

El Ghonemy Mohamad Riad <1924, >

Titolo

Affluence and poverty in the Middle East / / M. Riad El-Ghonemy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-85628-8

1-280-33446-0

0-203-01672-6

Descrizione fisica

xxi, 298 p. : ill

Disciplina

339.2/0956

Soggetti

Poverty - Middle East

Income distribution - Middle East

Land reform - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-282) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

chapter INTRODUCTION -- part Part I THE ROOTS -- chapter 1 BASIC CONCEPTS AND REALITIES -- chapter 2 HISTORICAL ORIGINS -- chapter 3 RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS OF JUSTICE AND INHERITANCE -- chapter 4 ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS -- The natural resource base -- chapter 5 UNBALANCED DEVELOPMENT -- chapter 6 SOCIAL IMBALANCE IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE -- Health, education and defence -- chapter 7 CORRUPTION: -- The embezzlement of public funds -- chapter 8 INEQUALITY IN PRIVATE CONSUMPTION -- part PART II Policy choice: some countries experiences -- chapter 9 REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND INCOME -- An assessment -- chapter 10 ECONOMIC POLICY REFORMS -- Distributional impact -- chapter 11 PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES.