Economic and trade policies in the Arab world : employment, poverty reduction and integration / / edited by Mahmoud A.T. Elkhafif, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad and Mutasim Elagraa

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.91174927
• Soggetto topico: Foreign trade and employment - Arab countries; Poverty - Arab countries
• Soggetto geografico: Arab countries Economic policy
• Altri autori: ElagraaMutasim <1963-> ElkhafifMahmoud A. T Taghdisi-RadSahar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction : promoting sub-regional growth-oriented economic and trade policies towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in selected Arab countries / by Hanaa Kheir-El-Din and Fadle Naqib -- 2. Investigating the relationship between trade and poverty : the case of Egypt -- 3. Employment and poverty effects of trade and investment policies in Jordan -- 4. Process and implications of Morocco's economic and trade liberalization -- 5. Economic and trade policy-making under occupation in the Palestinian Territory -- 6. Trade policy, regional integration and pro-poor growth : an empirical analysis for Sudan, 1970-2007 -- 7. Arab trade : data, models and issues -- 8. Conclusions : development strategy for poverty reduction and Arab integration / by Hanaa Kheir El-Din and Fadle Naqib.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies; including policy space, generation of more productive and decent employment, social justice and poverty alleviation, regional integration and the common destiny of the Arab people, and the failure of the structural adjustment programs recommended by the Bretton Woods institutions and implemented in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Economic and trade policies in the Arab world
• ISBN: 1-280-66541-6; 9786613642349; 0-203-12092-2; 1-136-32431-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822845803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge political economy of the Middle East and North Africa series ; ; 11.