3rd Edition

Economic Development in the Middle East

By Rodney Wilson Copyright 2022
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This new edition examines how development in the Middle East is being influenced by global economic change. This comparative textbook focuses on the region’s strengths, and highlights development success, especially in the Gulf, Turkey and Israel. The major structural changes in the economies of the Middle East are analysed and current employment challenges are discussed. The impact of... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Modelling Middle East Economic Development

3. Growth and Structural Change

4. Population Growth and Employment

5. Capital Markets, Savings and Investment

6. An Islamic Model for Economic Development

7. Oil and Development

8. International and Intra-Regional Trade

9. The Role of The State

10. Globalisation 

Biography

Rodney Wilson is Emeritus Professor at Durham University, UK. His research interests include the political economy of development in the Middle East and Islamic finance. His articles include studies of Middle Eastern economies, Islam and capitalism, sukuk securities and Shari’ah compliant private equity finance. He has written numerous books, including Islamic Economics: A Short History (with Ahmed Elashker, 2006), Legal, Regulatory and Governance Issues in Islamic Finance (2012) and Islam and Economic Policy (2015).