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Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region, Volume II

Comparing Global Challenges

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Editors:
  1. Ashraf Mishrif

    1. Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

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  2. Yousuf Al Balushi

    1. Supreme Council for Planning, Muscat, Oman

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  • Elaborates on various problems hindering diversification in the Gulf
  • Examines shared issues in strategic planning, policy making, and implementation
  • Underscores the importance of using global best practices to overcome fundamental weaknesses in the GCC's economic structure

Part of the book series: The Political Economy of the Middle East (PEME)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Challenges of Economic Diversification in the GCC Countries

    • Ashraf Mishrif
    Pages 1-19

  3. Natural Resources and Economic Diversification: Evidence from the GCC Countries

    • Nouf N. Alsharif
    Pages 21-49

  4. Oil Resources and Diversification in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Oman

    • Said Al Saqri
    Pages 51-65

  5. Policy Implications of the UAE’s Economic Diversification Strategy: Prioritizing National Objectives

    • Sterling Jensen
    Pages 67-88

  6. Dubai’s Model of Economic Diversification

    • Ashraf Mishrif, Harun Kapetanovic
    Pages 89-111

  7. Diversification and Specialisation in the Gulf’s Digitised Creative Sectors

    • Náder Alyani
    Pages 113-145

  8. Success Factors of Saudi-German Joint Ventures: A Meta-Analytical Approach

    • Maike Laska-Khalil
    Pages 147-177

  9. GCC Countries’ Diversification and Industrial Development: Looking Beyond the Asian Model

    • Daisuke Yamamoto
    Pages 179-212

  10. Economic Diversification in the GCC and the Korean Experience

    • Minju Lee
    Pages 213-239

  11. Economic Diversification and Empowerment of Local Human Resources: Could Singapore Be a Model for the GCC Countries?

    • Veronika Cummings (née Deffner)
    Pages 241-260

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 261-266
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This volume explores the challenges to diversification in Gulf countries, which can no longer rely on profits from hydrocarbons to fund national expenditures. It elaborates on the problem of weak institutions, lack of coordination between policy makers and executors, limited investment in research and development, and a workforce that is too poorly skilled to compete in the private sector. In addition to analyzing issues in areas such as education, labor, business, and trade, the contributors underscore the importance of using global best practices to overcome fundamental weaknesses in the Gulf Cooperative Council's economic structure that limit opportunities for economic diversification.

This is the second volume in Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

    Ashraf Mishrif

  • Supreme Council for Planning, Muscat, Oman

    Yousuf Al Balushi

About the editors

Ashraf Mishrif is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy in the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, UK.

Yousuf Hamad Al Balushi is an experienced and qualified economist with more than 18 years’ professional experience at the Central Bank of Oman and the Supreme Council for Development and Planning of Oman.

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