Rebuilding Devastated Economies in the Middle East [Paperback]

This book analyzes the political obstacles to economic recovery, and the economic consequences of democratic political reforms. The contributors focus on rulers of shaky states where civil strife has caused economic devastation. If rebuilding requires regime change, are we asking these governments to put themselves out of business?Introduction: Global Perspectives and Regional Realities; L.Binder New and Recurring Forms of Poverty and Inequality in the Arab World; K.Chaudhry Illicit International Transactions: Implications for Reconstruction in Iraq, Palestine, and Algeria; B.Dillman Hydrocarbon Production As a Route to Economic Health: Complex Consequences; M.A. Tetreault Rebuilding without Resolution: The Lebanese Economy and State in the Post-Civil War Period; S.Makdisi Warn-Torn or Systematically Distorted? Rebuilding the Algerian Economy; M.R. Lowi No Quick Fix: Foreign Aid and State Performance in Yemen; S.Carapico An MDG-Based Strategy for Rebuilding the Post-Conflict Sudanese Economy; I.A.Elbadawi Afghanistan: Rebuilding and Transforming a Devastated Economy; M.G. Weinbaum The Road to Civil and Economic Meltdown: Market Fundamentalism and Its Consequences in Iraq; B.YousifLEONARD BINDER is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Near East Studies at UCLA, USA.