Books in the The Economics of the Middle East series

UEnal uses Turkey as a case study to investigate the effectiveness and efficiency of land and labor markets in spreading economic opportunities within agriculture and its ability to reduce rural poverty.

An investigation into the labor force in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries primarily focusing on labor migration and remittances. The GCC countries have the highest share of foreign labor in the world. The authors examine the multidimensional aspects of such a large foreign population.

In a world where conventional interest-based finance is the dominant framework, Islamic banking faces many challenges. This book is the first to address different Islamic banking issues from both the researchers and practitioners' perspective across the world, reviewing their past experiences of Islamic banks.

A Prelude to the Foundation of Political Economy is a groundbreaking volume of theory and strategy on political economy and polity of the twenty-first century. Distilled in concrete terms, it elucidates the enigma of oil in view of the centrality of global social relations.

This book identifies and addresses the impacts of the global financial crisis on Dubai and the region. Specifically, discussions are focused on the following four interrelated issues:Why and how the financial crisis happened and what are its consequences for the economies of the Middle East? and The oil market and the global financial crisis

This book identifies and addresses the impacts of the global financial crisis on Dubai and the region. Specifically, discussions are focused on the following four interrelated issues:Why and how the financial crisis happened and what are its consequences for the economies of the Middle East? and The oil market and the global financial crisis