The Economics of the Arab Spring

World Development

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 296-313

  Malik, Adeel ^a   Awadallah, Bassem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Tomoh Advisory ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Arab spring; Fragmentation; Private sector; Protectionism

Indexed keywords

ARAB WORLD; COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; INCOME; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROTECTIONISM; REGIONAL ECONOMY; STATE ROLE;

EID: 84875813479     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.12.015     Document Type: Article

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