The Least Developed and the Oil Rich Arab Countries
Dependence, Interdependence or Patronage?
Published on 18. August 1992
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-333-55864-5 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring the relations between rich and poor Arab countries, this book presents papers on Arab integration efforts and the impact of oil prices on the South and least developed Arab countries in particular. Contributors also examine the co-operation of Arabs with the basic needs, agricultural policies, intra-Arab migration, differences in ideologies and health systems, Islamic banking, and the unsuitability of IMF policies for the poorer Arab countries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index, notes
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
464 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-55864-5 (9780333558645)
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Kunibert Raffer | M.A. Mohamed Salih
The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries
Dependence, Interdependence or Patronage?
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Kunibert Raffer | M.A. Mohamed Salih
The Least Developed and the Oil-Rich Arab Countries
Dependence, Interdependence or Patronage?
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Content
Rich Arabs and poor Arabs - an introduction to intra-Arab issues, Kunibert Raffer and M.A. Mohamed Salih; the effects of changes of oil-prices on peripheral net-importers - a crude estimate with special reference to LDACs, Kunibert Raffer; some aspects of the Gulf Cooperation Council's relationship with LDACs, Simon Koppers; maghreb conflicts, socio-economic crisis and unity, Tuomo Melasuo; the effects of the Lome conventions on LDACs, Volker Wulf; agricultural development in the Arab world - achievements and constraints, Hassan F. Jumah; food security in the Sudan - the need for a regional approach, Meine Pieter van Dijk; survival strategies and the state in Somalia, Gerald Braun; Somalia - the Gulf link and adjustment, Vali Jamal; "Structural Adjustment" or debt relief - the case of Arab LLDCs, Kunibert Raffer; migration from rural Sudan to the oil-rich Arab countries, Mohamed A. Mustafa Alnagarabi; impacts of male outmigration on women - a case study of kutum, Elke Grawert; the two Yemens - ideology and variations on socio-economic development, M.A. Mohamed Salih; some aspects of Islamic banking in LDACs, reflections on the Faisal Islamic Bank, Sudan, Badr Al-Din Ibrahim; a comparison of the health sector in Kuwait and Somalia, Alberto Klaas and Mara Galaty.