Oil, Institutions and Sustainability in MENA: A Radical Approach through the Empowerment of Citizens

This book addresses the factors that have led to the lackluster economic performance of the oil MENA region, despite the wealth of its vast natural resource. It offers a radical policy recommendation as a way out. Using data from a wide variety of sources, it analyzes the major problems that confront the governments of the MENA region, and make the case why the status quo is unsustainable.

Recently, Algeria has shown that people will tire of the status quo and will demand wholesale changes...