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Middle Eastern and African economies

Economics

Studies of the economies of Iran, Israel, Turkey, the Gulf states, Egypt, North Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Africa as a whole.

25 books on Middle Eastern and African economies.

25 books

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  1. The Dragon's GiftDeborah Brautigam, 2009
  2. Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab StatesAdam Hanieh, 2011
  3. Money, Markets, and MonarchiesAdam Hanieh, 2018
  4. African Economic DevelopmentChristopher Cramer, John Sender, Arkebe Oqubay, 2020
  5. A Political Economy of the Middle EastAlan Richards, John Waterbury, 1990

The best books on Middle Eastern and African economies 25

The Dragon's GiftThe Dragon's Gift
T2 The Dragon's Gift
Deborah Brautigam · 2009
What Chinese finance and contractors actually do in Africa; Ethiopia recurring.
Open Library
Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab StatesCapitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
T2 Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States
Adam Hanieh · 2011
How Gulf merchant families became regional capital, and where they invest.
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Money, Markets, and MonarchiesMoney, Markets, and Monarchies
T2 Money, Markets, and Monarchies
Adam Hanieh · 2018
The GCC as an integrated capital bloc; conglomerates, real estate, finance.
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African Economic Development
T2 African Economic Development
Christopher Cramer, John Sender, Arkebe Oqubay · 2020
Attacks the standard development orthodoxies using Ethiopian evidence throughout.
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A Political Economy of the Middle EastA Political Economy of the Middle East
T3 A Political Economy of the Middle East
Alan Richards, John Waterbury · 1990
Egypt is the anchor case throughout; the standard textbook on regional state-business relations.
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Ghana: The Political Economy of RecoveryGhana: The Political Economy of Recovery
T3 Ghana: The Political Economy of Recovery
Donald Rothchild · 1991
The Rawlings structural adjustment, the reference case for African reform.
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Iran's Economy under the Islamic RepublicIran's Economy under the Islamic Republic
T3 Iran's Economy under the Islamic Republic
Jahangir Amuzegar · 1993
The earlier survey: nationalisation, war financing and the bonyad economy.
Open Library
Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of thBazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
T3 Bazaar and State in Iran: The Politics of the Tehran Marketplace
Arang Keshavarzian · 2003
How informal credit, trust networks and trade finance work when the banking system does not.
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Oil, Dollars, Debt, and CrisesOil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises
T3 Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises
Mahmoud A. El-Gamal, Amy Myers Jaffe · 2009
Petrodollar recycling and the boom-bust cycle Gulf investors keep repeating.
Open Library
Turkey and the Global Economy
T3 Turkey and the Global Economy
Ziya Onis, Fikret Senses · 2009
Academic account of the post-2001 reform programme and its unwinding.
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Emerging AfricaEmerging Africa
T3 Emerging Africa
Steven Radelet · 2010
Ghana as lead exhibit in the case for African growth turnarounds.
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The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of tThe Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century
T3 The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century
Paul Rivlin · 2010
The wider economy: labour markets, defence spending, inflation and stabilisation.
Open Library
The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections onThe Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy
T3 The Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on an Emerging Economy
Jahangir Amuzegar · 2014
Former finance minister on subsidies, privatisation and the rial.
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Business Politics in the Middle EastBusiness Politics in the Middle East
T3 Business Politics in the Middle East
Steffen Hertog, Giacomo Luciani, Marc Valeri · 2015
How business associations and state elites actually bargain across the region.
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Iran's Political Economy since the RevolutioIran's Political Economy since the Revolution
T3 Iran's Political Economy since the Revolution
Suzanne Maloney · 2015
The standard survey: bonyads, IRGC commercial holdings, subsidies and sanctions.
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Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in EthiopiMade in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia
T3 Made in Africa: Industrial Policy in Ethiopia
Arkebe Oqubay · 2015
Insider account of the cement, floriculture and leather sectors by the official who ran the policy.
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The Gulf States in International Political EThe Gulf States in International Political Economy
T3 The Gulf States in International Political Economy
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen · 2016
Sovereign funds, diversification plans and the limits of the rentier bargain.
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Making Africa WorkMaking Africa Work
T3 Making Africa Work
Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst, Dickie Davis · 2017
Operator-facing handbook on governance and growth constraints across the continent.
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Israel's Technology EconomyIsrael's Technology Economy
T3 Israel's Technology Economy
David Rosenberg · 2018
The sceptical case: the tech sector is an enclave, not an economy.
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Crony Capitalism in the Middle East
T3 Crony Capitalism in the Middle East
Ishac Diwan, Adeel Malik, Izak Atiyas · 2019
Firm-level evidence on politically connected business; Egypt is the core case.
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How Nations Learn
T3 How Nations Learn
Arkebe Oqubay, Kenichi Ohno · 2019
Technological learning and catch-up; the theory behind Ethiopia's industrial parks.
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Egypt's Occupation
T3 Egypt's Occupation
Aaron Jakes · 2020
Colonial economism and the debt-and-cotton origins of the modern Egyptian economy.
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The Political Economy of KenyaThe Political Economy of Kenya
T4 The Political Economy of Kenya
Michael G. Schatzberg · 1987
Dated but the clearest treatment of the settler-to-Kenyan capital handover.
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Globalization and Business Politics in Arab Globalization and Business Politics in Arab North Africa
T4 Globalization and Business Politics in Arab North Africa
Melani Claire Cammett · 2007
Morocco against Tunisia: why business lobbies formed differently and what it did to reform.
Open Library
The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian EconomyThe Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy
T4 The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy
Fantu Cheru, Christopher Cramer, Arkebe Oqubay · 2019
Reference volume rather than a read; the only place much of this data exists in English.
Open Library

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