After the spring: Economic transitions in the Arab world

After the Spring: Economic Transitions in the Arab World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1-192

  Amin, Magdi ^a   Assaad, Ragui ^a   Al Baharna, Nazar ^a   Dervis, Kemal ^a   Desai, Raj M ^a   Dhillon, Navtej S ^a   Galal, Ahmed ^a   Ghanem, Hafez ^a   Graham, Carol ^a   Kaufmann, Daniel ^a  

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Author keywords

Arab countries; Arab economies; Arab spring; Communism; Economic reform; Independent private sectors; Investment; Trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921568504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199924929.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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