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Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World: Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration book cover

1st Edition

Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration

Edited By Mahmoud Elkhafif, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad, Mutasim Elagraa Copyright 2012
368 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction Fadle Naqib and Hana Kheir-El-Din  2. Investigating the Relationship Between Trade and Poverty: The Case of Egypt Ahmed Ghoneim  3. Employment and Poverty Effects of Trade and Investment Policies in Jordan Ibrahim Saif  4. Process and Implications of Morocco’s Economic and Trade Liberalization Mouna Cherkaoui  5. Economic and Trade Policy-making Under Occupation in the Palestinian Territory Numan Kanafani and Sahar Taghdisi-Rad  6. Trade Policy, Regional Integration and Pro-poor Growth: An Empirical Analysis For Sudan, 1970-2007 Hatim Mahran  7. Quantitative Study: Arab Trade: Data, Models and Issues Atif Kubursi  8. Conclusion: Development Strategy for Poverty Reduction and Arab Integration Fadle Naqib and Hana Kheir-El-Din

Biography

Mahmoud A.T. Elkhafif is currently UNCTAD's Coordinator of Assistance to the Palestinian People. He has research interests in development economics and economic modelling and forecasting, and has published a book on the Egyptian economy, chapters in two books and several papers in internationally refereed journals. He holds a PhD and an MA in Economics and an MSc in Agricultural Economics.

Sahar Taghdisi-Rad is a former Eonomist at UNCTAD. She is currently a Research Economist at the Centre for Development Policy Research, SOAS, and the School of Governance and International Relations, Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She is the author of The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine: Relief from Conflict or Dvelopment Dlayed? (2011), Routledge.

Mutasim Elagraa is a First Econominc Affairs Officer at UNCTAD. He holds an MA and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His areas of specialization are international economics and development economics. Before joining UNCTAD, he worked for Daewoo International Corporation and various private sector corporations.

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