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The Middle East peace process has gone through various stages of development, but has been impaired at each step by an inability to overcome economic problems in the region. This book both chronicles this process and offers critical insights into the factors that impede progress toward regional peace. The volume, with a foreword by Queen Noor of Jordan, includes contributions from thirteen specialists who hold senior positions at universities, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Union.
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... this work covers a number of relevant and significant issues that the Middle East faces.
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About the Author
J.W. Wright Jr. is Diplomacy Fellow and Rule of Law Advisor at the United States Agency for International Development.
Laura Drake is with the School of International Service at American University.
Table of Contents
Foreword--Queen Noor of Jordan * Introduction: Economic Impediments to Middle East Peace--J.W. Wright, Jr. * Implementing Netanyahu's Political and Economic Program--Laura Drake * What are the Prospects for Modernizing the Middle East Economics?--Michael Field * The Arab-Israeli Process--Emma C. Murphy * Is MENA a Region?--Mohamed A. El-Erian & Stanley Fischer * Will an Arab-Israeli Peace Bring a Trade Dividend?--Elias H. Tuma * The Budgetary Consequences of Middle East Peace--Robert E. Looney * Would Islamic Banks Help Lessen the Decline of the Palestinian Banking System?--J.W. Wright, Jr. * Will the Arab-Israeli Peace Process Generate Increased Portfolio Investment in the Middle East?--Rodney Wilson * The Middle East Peace Process--Peter L. Doan * External Assistance to the Palestinian Economy--Barbara Balaj, Ishac Diwan, & Bernard Philippe * The (Very) Political Economy of the West Bank and Gaza--Rex Brynen * Civil Society Organizations in the Middle East--Peter Gubser * From Front State to Backyard?--Volker Perthes * Epilogue--William Stoltzfus