Reviving growth in the Arab world

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 292-326

  Elbadawi, Ibrahim A ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PERSIAN GULF; WORLD;

EID: 14644407468     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425375     Document Type: Article

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