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Combining Economic and Political Development
The Experience of MENA
Series: - International Development Policy, Volume: 7
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Since 2011, democratic transitions in the Middle East and North Africa have mostly failed to consolidate and have been hindered by the difficult economic heritage of previous authoritarian governments. Yet newly established democratic governments must deliver on the expectations of their people, especially the poorer strata, otherwise disillusionment may open the door to restoration of authoritarian rule. Can democracy succeed? Various ideas for economic policies that may help consolidate the early democratisation process are proposed in this volume, while major obstacles on the way to democratic success are also highlighted.
Contributors include: Alissa Amico, Laura El-Katiri, Philippe Fargues, Bassam Fattouh, Steffen Hertog, Giacomo Luciani, Samir Makdisi, Adeel Malik, Bassem Snaije, Robert Springborg, and Eckart Woertz.
Contributors include: Alissa Amico, Laura El-Katiri, Philippe Fargues, Bassam Fattouh, Steffen Hertog, Giacomo Luciani, Samir Makdisi, Adeel Malik, Bassem Snaije, Robert Springborg, and Eckart Woertz.
Giacomo Luciani leads the Master in International Energy at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; and is adjunct professor of interdisciplinary studies at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. From 2010 to 2013 he was Princeton Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.
Foreword
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: In Search of Economic Policies to Stabilise Democratic Transitions
âGiacomo Luciani
2 Reflections on the Arab Uprisings
âSamir Makdisi
3 Rethinking the Rentier Curse
âAdeel Malik
4 Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa
âLaura El-Katiri and Bassam Fattouh
5 The political economy of distribution in the Middle East: is there scope for a new social contract?
âSteffen Hertog
6 Arab States as Shareholders: Origins and Consequences
âAlissa Amico
7 Can Finance and Credit Enable Economic Growth and Democracy?
âBassem Snaije
8 Agriculture and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring
âEckart Woertz
9 Mass Migration and Uprisings in Arab countries: An Analytical Framework
âPhilippe Fargues
10 Egyptâs Economic Transition: Challenges and Prospects
âRobert Springborg
11 Oil Rent and Regional Economic Development in MENA
âGiacomo Luciani
Index
Preface
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: In Search of Economic Policies to Stabilise Democratic Transitions
âGiacomo Luciani
2 Reflections on the Arab Uprisings
âSamir Makdisi
3 Rethinking the Rentier Curse
âAdeel Malik
4 Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa
âLaura El-Katiri and Bassam Fattouh
5 The political economy of distribution in the Middle East: is there scope for a new social contract?
âSteffen Hertog
6 Arab States as Shareholders: Origins and Consequences
âAlissa Amico
7 Can Finance and Credit Enable Economic Growth and Democracy?
âBassem Snaije
8 Agriculture and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring
âEckart Woertz
9 Mass Migration and Uprisings in Arab countries: An Analytical Framework
âPhilippe Fargues
10 Egyptâs Economic Transition: Challenges and Prospects
âRobert Springborg
11 Oil Rent and Regional Economic Development in MENA
âGiacomo Luciani
Index
Scholars and policy makers interested in MENA, democratic transition, economic and political development, reform and regional integration.