Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab World.

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Rivlin, Paul. Economic Policy and Performance in the Arab world. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001. Hardcover, $49.95.

This work examines Arab economic policy and performance in the 1990s. It deals with socio-economic issues to provide a context for economic policies in the Arab world. An entire chapter is dedicated to examining stabilization and structural adjustment in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia. Another chapter dedicated to Syria's economic reforms argues that Syria is hesitant to taking up reforms seriously.

The book is useful to those interested in mainstream arguments as to why economic reforms are essential for the Arab world. It is somewhat...

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