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Employment Policy & Technology Choice in Manufacturing in the GCC: The Case of Bahrain
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the employment policy and technology choice... Read More
Natural Resource Management in the Middle East and North Africa Region:Some Selected Issues
Abstract The paper focuses on natural resource depletion, fresh water scarcity, and the health impacts... Read More
Islam, Society and Economic Policy
Abstract The paper starts with the premise that the basic requirement of an Islamic economic... Read More
Recent Developments in Demand for Money Issues: Survey of Theory and Evidence with Reference to Arab Countries
Abstract Demand for money is considered an important function of stabilization and structural adjustment policies... Read More
Urban, Male Wage Earners and Moonlighting in Turkey
Abstract This study examines the characteristics of urban, male wage earners and their probability of... Read More
The Arab Economies in Multi-Country Models: Survey of Some Regional and Global Experiences
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to survey the main multi-country modeling studies involving... Read More
Financial Repression, Selective Credits and Endogenous Growth: Orthodoxy and Heresy
Abstract In the current orthodoxy it is argued that financial repression is a result of... Read More
Assessing the Effects of the Uruguay Round and of the Customs Union with EU on the Turkish Manufacturing Sector
Abstract This paper studies the possible effects of the Uruguay Round Agreement and of the... Read More
Sudan: Adjustment and Poverty in the 1980s
Abstract This paper provides an assessment of Sudan's structural adjustment efforts during the 1980s and... Read More