A History of Middle East Economies in the Twentieth Century

by Owen, Edward Roger John

• ISBN13: 9780674398313
• ISBN10: 0674398319
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-31
• Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr

Summary

This important book on economic development in the modern Middle East examines, for the first time, the separate national economies of the Arab states, including the Gulf, Israel, and Turkey, from 1918 to the present. It describes the main trends within each economy based on the best available statistical data, and answers larger questions concerning the long-term growth of the countries, first in the colonial period, then in the periods characterized by planning and development, followed by the first steps toward liberalization and structural adjustment. It evaluates government policy in promoting the protection of imports and in advancing market economies. Policies employed by the oil-producing states to build new institutional structures based on near unlimited supplies of capital and labor are also examined. The Middle East economies are placed in their proper international context, and questions of colonialism and labor migration are discussed. The authors evaluate where the Middle Eastern economies are now, and speculate about how they may develop in the future.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	viii
Note on transliteration	ix
List of Tables	x
List of Acronyms	xiii
General Introduction	xv
PART I: 1918--1945	1	(2)
Introduction to Part I	3	(88)
Turkey 1918--1945	10	(20)
Egypt 1918--1945	30	(21)
The Economies of the British and French Mandates 1918--1945	51	(25)
The States of the Arabian Peninsula 1918--1945	76	(15)
PART II: 1946--1990	91	(2)
Introduction to Part II	93	(136)
Turkey 1946--1990	104	(23)
Egypt 1946--1990	127	(23)
Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq 1946--1990	150	(26)
The Economies of Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank/Gaza 1946--1990	176	(26)
The States of the Arabian Peninsula 1946--1990	202	(27)
Epilogue and Conclusion: the 1990s and Beyond	229	(15)
Tables	244	(27)
Statistical Appendix	271	(6)
Bibliography	277	(23)
Index	300