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100			_aElMallakh, Ragaei _96949
245		4	_aThe Economic Development of the United Arab Emirates- Volume 13/ _cRagaei ElMallakh
260			_bRoutledge; _c1981; 2015
300			_a229p; _c21x13cm
490			_aRoutledge Library Editions: The Economy of the Middle East
520			_a Since the early 1970s the oil producing countries of the Gulf have become a focus of intense interest worldwide. Most of this interest has centred on the oil giants, Saudi Arabia, Iran, even Iraq and Kuwait. Yet the United Arab Emirates is also among the largest producers, on a par with Kuwait, Nigeria and Libya, with reserves greater than the USA. Given its high economic growth rate, the UAE is an excellent laboratory in which to test and evaluate policies and programmes to effect rapid economic development. The international stature of the UAE far exceeds what its physical size, population and breadth of resources would seem to indicate. As a member of OPEC, the UAE has played a vital role within that body’s ‘price moderates’. With one of the world’s highest per capita incomes and with ambitious development efforts under way, the UAE, not surprisingly, has become a major market for capital and consumer goods, involving substantial foreign services, banking, business and industry. Based on more than a decade of study, on-site research and interviews with key figures, this book – which mixes the practical with the academic approach – will prove of great value to Middle Eastern and development specialists, students and to the international business and financial communities.
546			_aEnglish
650			_aHC94-1085 Economic History and Conditions- By region or country _9855
651			_aUAE
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