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"This new edition examines how development in the Middle East is being influenced by global economic change. This comparative textbook focuses on the region's strengths, and highlights development success, especially in the Gulf, Turkey and Israel. The major structural changes in the economies of the Middle East are analysed and current employment challenges discussed. The impact of demographic changes is considered, notably the dramatic decline in birth rates which will have implications for future employment. The contribution of banks and capital markets to the region's development is appraised, including that of Islamic financial institutions which play a prominent role in the GCC countries but are on the margins of the financial systems elsewhere. Historically development in the GCC was linked to oil and gas production and prices, a key issue being whether these are being decoupled as economies diversify and become more self-sustaining. The evidence on this from the GCC is encouraging, with transparent and accountable financial management and major improvements in economic governance despite the lack of democracy. Examining the drivers of economic development in the Middle East in a regional and global context, this fully updated textbook is a key resource for students and academics, interested in economic development and the political economy of the Middle East."

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Part one. Ideas, themes and measures -- Chapter 1 Economic philosophy from a Shari'ah perspective -- Chapter 2 Micro-economic morality: a theory of the firm enlightened by Islamic values -- Chapter 3 Fiscal policy choices to promote social justice -- Chapter 4 Development policy -- Chapter 5 International economic engagement -- Chapter 6 Banking regulation, monetary policy and Islamic finance -- Part two. Country experiences -- Chapter 7 Islam and economic modernisation in Turkey -- Chapter 8 The Islamic Republic of Iran's nationalist economic model -- Chapter 9 The influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on Egypt's economy -- Chapter 10 Piety, inclusion and materialism in Saudi Arabia -- Chapter 11 Faith and political economy in Pakistan and Bangladesh -- Chapter 12 Asian versus Muslim identities in Malaysia and Indonesia -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index

"This new edition examines how development in the Middle East is being influenced by global economic change. This comparative textbook focuses on the region's strengths, and highlights development success, especially in the Gulf, Turkey and Israel. The major structural changes in the economies of the Middle East are analysed and current employment challenges discussed. The impact of demographic changes is considered, notably the dramatic decline in birth rates which will have implications for future employment. The contribution of banks and capital markets to the region's development is appraised, including that of Islamic financial institutions which play a prominent role in the GCC countries but are on the margins of the financial systems elsewhere. Historically development in the GCC was linked to oil and gas production and prices, a key issue being whether these are being decoupled as economies diversify and become more self-sustaining. The evidence on this from the GCC is encouraging, with transparent and accountable financial management and major improvements in economic governance despite the lack of democracy. Examining the drivers of economic development in the Middle East in a regional and global context, this fully updated textbook is a key resource for students and academics, interested in economic development and the political economy of the Middle East"--

This is an evaluation of the external economic relations of the island of Cyprus involving trade, finance and tourism. Cyprus has an increasingly open economy, and a study of its external economic relations is, to a considerable extent, a profile of its modern development.