to a launch of a new publication
The Arab Economies in A Changing World
By Marcus Noland and Howard Pack
The tragic events of 9/11 and the subsequent war in Iraq have focused
international attention on a nexus of problems involving economic
underperformance, problematic internal politics, and externalization of domestic
dissent in the Muslim world. This book examines the economics of the Middle
East, with the aim of identifying changes to economic policy that could address
at least the economic component of the challenges facing this part of the globe.
The authors analyze the interaction of trade, productivity growth, and the
political difficulties that may ensue as these countries move towards greater
openness. Relevant comparisons are drawn from the experience of the transition
economies and India on potentially successful policies and those likely to
exacerbate existing problems.
Praise for The Arab Economies in a Changing World:
". . . the only book to my knowledge that provides a comprehensive and
integrated politico-economic analysis of Arab economic performance and
prospects. It will fill a big need in college syllabi . . . ."
--Farrukh Iqbal, World Bank
". . . a major addition to a very slim literature on an important issue."
--Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
?This book fulfills a major gap in the literature on Middle Eastern economies.
With universities struggling to add courses on the political economy of the
Middle East, this volume will prove to be a great resource. . . . Essential"
--Choice
Monday, November 12, 2007
5:30pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
701 18th St. NW corner of 18th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
Presented by
Marcus Noland
Senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mr. Noland's work encompasses a wide range of topics including the political
economy of US trade policy and the Asian financial crisis. His areas of
geographical knowledge and interest include Asia and Africa where he has lived
and worked. In the past he has written extensively on the economies of Japan,
Korea, and China, and is unique among American economists in having devoted
serious scholarly effort to the problems of North Korea and the prospects for
Korean unification. He won the 2000?01 Ohira Memorial Award for his book
Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas.He was educated at
Swarthmore College (BA), and the Johns Hopkins University (PhD). He was a Senior
Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers in the Executive Office of the
President of the United States and has held research or teaching positions at
Yale University, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Southern
California, Tokyo University, Saitama University (now the National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies), the University of Ghana, the Korea Development
Institute, and the East-West Center. He has received fellowships sponsored by
the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the Council on Foreign
Relations, the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars, and the
Pohang Iron and Steel Corporation (POSCO).
Howard Pack
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Mr. Pack has been a professor of economics and professor of business and public
policy at the Wharton School since 1986, and professor of management there since
1995. He was a consultant at a number of institutions including the World Bank,
the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Agency for
International Development, and the Overseas Development Council. He was a fellow
at the Harry S. Truman Institute for Peace Research, the Hebrew University,
Jerusalem, and the Jerusalem Institute for Israel Research at the same
university. He is on the editorial boards of World Bank Research Observer, World
Development, Journal of Development Economics, and World Bank Economic Review.
He is coauthor of The Arab Economies in a Changing World (2007), Famine in North
Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform (Columbia University Press, 2007), Industrial
Policy in an Era of Globalization: Lessons from Asia (2003) and author of
Productivity, Technology and Industrial Development (Oxford University Press,
l987) and Structural Change and Economic Policy in Israel (Yale University
Press, 1971).
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