Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region
The oil boom prompted a massive inflow of capital into the Arab region. But whilst the investment this facilitated clearly had benefits for the region, the developmental achievements of the boom decade are demonstrably unable to match the magnitude of the resources directed to development and the reasonable expectations invested in it. Professor Yusif Sayigh draws a powerful and painful lesson from this experience applicable to other areas: you cannot buy development; it must be soundly oriented and sought with resolve by society's leaderships and a people enjoying a large measure of freedom and political participation.
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Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region
The oil boom prompted a massive inflow of capital into the Arab region. But whilst the investment this facilitated clearly had benefits for the region, the developmental achievements of the boom decade are demonstrably unable to match the magnitude of the resources directed to development and the reasonable expectations invested in it. Professor Yusif Sayigh draws a powerful and painful lesson from this experience applicable to other areas: you cannot buy development; it must be soundly oriented and sought with resolve by society's leaderships and a people enjoying a large measure of freedom and political participation.
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Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region

Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region

by Yusif A. Sayigh
Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region

Elusive Development: From Dependence to Self-Reliance in the Arab Region

by Yusif A. Sayigh

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Overview

The oil boom prompted a massive inflow of capital into the Arab region. But whilst the investment this facilitated clearly had benefits for the region, the developmental achievements of the boom decade are demonstrably unable to match the magnitude of the resources directed to development and the reasonable expectations invested in it. Professor Yusif Sayigh draws a powerful and painful lesson from this experience applicable to other areas: you cannot buy development; it must be soundly oriented and sought with resolve by society's leaderships and a people enjoying a large measure of freedom and political participation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138968608
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 07/11/2016
Pages: 288
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. Expectations and the Frustrated Pursuit of Development 2. The Dependency Paradigm: Promise, Limitations, and Qualifications 3. What is Self-Reliant Development? 4. The Feasibility of Arab Self-Reliant Development: A Case Study 5. The Dynamics and Machinery of Arab Self-Reliant Development
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