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General and Country Information

International Monetary Fund
Country Information from International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Arab Monetary Fund
Arab Monetary Fund is a Regional Arab Organization. Member Countries comprises 22 countries, including Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, and UAE.
Economic Research Forum
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is a regional network dedicated to promoting high quality economic research to contribute to sustainable development in the Arab countries, Iran and Turkey.
World Bank (Middle East/ North Africa)
The World Bank works with countries in the Middle East and North Africa to eliminate poverty and promote shared prosperity through strengthening human capital, supporting jobs and economic transformation, advancing gender equity, addressing fragility, and enabling green growth.
UN-ESCWA
The Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA) supports economic and social development in member countries and promotes interaction and cooperation between them. ESCWA comprises 20 Arab countries.
Arab Barometer
Arab Barometer is a nonpartisan research network that provides insight into the social, political, and economic attitudes and values of ordinary citizens across the Arab world
Arab Development Portal
A comprehensive knowledge resource that aims to improve the scope, depth, reliability, and availability of high-quality development knowledge to support development progress in the Arab region.
World Economics – Country Data
World Economics is an organisation dedicated to producing insight, analysis and data relating to questions of key importance in understanding the world economy.
World Trade Organization (WTO) - Members & observers
Key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications for 164 members

Suggested Books

The Economics of the Middle East: a comparative approach by James E. Rauch
Call Number: J 330.956:R241e
Publication Date: 2019
This book evaluates the socioeconomic trajectories of three groups of Middle Eastern States: Sub-Saharan African, fuel-endowed, and "Mediterranean." It compares these groups both to each other and to developing countries in other regions with similar characteristics.
Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East by Clement Moore Henry; Springborg Robert
Call Number: J 338.956:H521g2:c.1
Publication Date: 2011
The book reflects on what has happened to the region's economy since 2001. How have the various countries in the Middle East responded to the challenges of globalization and to the rise of political Islam, and what changes, for better or for worse, have occurred?
The Lessons of Lebanon: the economics of war and development by Samir Makdisi
Call Number: CA 330.95692:M235L:2017
Publication Date: 2016
This book offers an in-depth analysis of Lebanese economic development during the second half of the 20th century with special emphasis on the civil war and its aftermath. Makdisi offers a definitive assessment of the principal phases of national development since Lebanese independence, and a study of the sustainable development for Lebanon and other developing countries.
Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East: from the rise of Islam to the present day by M. A. Cook
Call Number: J 338.956:C771s:c.1
Publication Date: 1970
The study of the economic history of the Middle East in Islamic times is notoriously underdeveloped. This volume contains papers discussed at an international conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1967, together with three short critical essays which attempt to tie them together. Some papers are specific contributions to research, others survey wider areas.
Critial Issues Facing the Middle East: security, politics, and economics by James J. Wirtz (Editor); James A. Russell (Editor)
Call Number: J 355.033056:C934r:c.1
Publication Date: 2006
Addressing systemic changes in the Middle East's security environment since the Iraq War, prominent experts analyze the challenges these changes pose to US strategy and policy. They examine the causes of profound economic, political and religious transitions and their implications for hopes of reform.
Determining the Economic Value of Water: concepts and methods by Robert A. Young; John B. Loomis
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
This volume provides a comprehensive exposition of the application of economic valuation methods to proposed water resources investments and policies.
Lebanon at the Brink: a condensed analysis of the causes and proposed solutions centered on dollarization by Sarkis Joseph Khoury
Call Number: J 332.495692:S245L
Publication Date: 2020
The book covers the underpinning of the current economic crisis in Lebanon and argues for the dollarization of the Lebanese economy.
The Economic Development of the Middle East: an outline of planned reconstruction after the war by Alfred Bonne
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2003
This book provides an outline of the economic development of the Middle East and planned reconstruction and the problems of transformation after the WWI.