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
Marcus Noland, senior fellow, has been associated with the Institute since 1985.
He was a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers and has held
research or teaching positions at the Johns Hopkins University, the University
of Southern California, Tokyo University, Saitama University, the University of
Ghana, the Korea Development Institute, and the East-West Center. He is the
author or coauthor of several books, including Korea after Kim Jong-il (2004)
and Industrial Policy in an Era of Globalization: Lessons from Asia (2003), and
he won the 2000-01 Ohira Masayoshi Award for Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future
of the Two Koreas (2000).
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