LibGuides: Economics Resource Center: Middle East Economics

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General and Country Information

Middle East Country Reports through EIU
Published by Economist Intelligence Unit, it provides current and projected analysis of political, policy and economic trends within country reports.
Library subscription covers:
21 Middle Eastern and North African countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen)
13 selected countries from Asia (China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Taiwan), Europe (Cyprus, Malta) and Americas (Argentina, Brazil)

International Monetary Fund
Arab Monetary Fund
Database for the Arab World Economy and Finance Web sites
Economic Research Forum
Economy of the Arab World
World Bank (Middle East/ North Africa)
UN-ESCWA

Oil

Arab Gateway- Oil in the Middle East
Country Analysis Briefs
Petroleum Finance Co.’s “PFC Energy 50” ranks the world’s largest energy players"
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
Knowledge at Wharton (type Middle East and oil in the free search text box)

Suggested Books

These are selected books are available in the libraries; a valid AUB ID is required for borrowing

Memories of state: politics, history, and collective identity in modern Iraq / Eric Davis
Globalization and the politics of economic development in the Middle East / Clement M. Henry and Robert Springborg
The lessons of Lebanon the economics of war and development / Samir Makdisi
An economic history of the Middle East and North Africa / Charles Issawi
The Middle-East water question hydropolitics and the global economy / Tony Allan
A political economy of the Middle East state, class, and economic development / Alan Richards, John Waterbury

Studies in the economic history of the Middle East from the rise of Islam to the present day / edited by M.A. Cook

Critical issues facing the Middle East security, politics, and economics / edited by James A. Russell. - 1st ed.
Liquid assets an economic approach for water management and conflict resolution in the Middle East and beyond / Franklin M. Fisher ... [et al.] ; with special contributions by Amer Z. Salman, Emad K. Al-Karablieh
The Saudi Arabian economy policies, achievements and challenges / by M.A. Ramad

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