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The four volumes in this major research collection address the key economic issues which affect the future development and diversification of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and Oman. Specifically, this recent research covers: Economic Diversification Development of Global Partnerships Labor Markets and Migration Financial Markets as Global Players The work brings together state-of-the-art analysis by some 40 international scholars who participated in a major joint initiative by the EU and the GCC, the al-Jisr Gulf-Europe Research Program. This collection will prove an essential reference work for policy makers and scholars on all the critical issues facing the Gulf countries as their economies develop beyond dependence on the oil and gas sector and forge new international alliances. Additional information on the four volumes The GCC in the Global Economy, edited by Richard Youngs (Director-General, FRIDE, Madrid) Changing geopolitical realities have seen the Gulf region turning to Asia and Africa to build new economic links, while strengthening old ones. This proactive internationalism is visible not just in economics and energy, but also in politics and security where a host of new agreements has been developed. This work provides an overview of the ways in which the GCC states now need to move ahead with reforms that will reflect issues such as raised expectations from a period of high revenues and the region's demographics. 200 pages Resources Blessed: Diversification and the Gulf Development Model, edited by Giacomo Luciani (Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences-Po, and Princeton Global Scholar) The Gulf countries have adopted a unique combination of policies to encourage diversification with largely positive results, while there are significant distinctions between the individual cases. This work evaluates various examples to show the extent to which the Gulf economies have diversifed to date, and how results can be measured, taking into consideration factors such as composition of GDP or exports; government services; and the categorization of industrial activities downstream of resources extraction (oil refining, petrochemicals) and their availability (aluminium, phosphates, iron, steel, glass and other energy- and resource-intensive industries). 328 pages. GCC Financial Markets: The World's New Money Centers, edited by Eckart Woertz (Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University) Bond markets in the GCC countries are underdeveloped, and the capital mix is heavily skewed towards banks, while ambitious development plans in fields like petrochemicals and infrastructure, as well as a rapidly growing population, create an increased need for finance. This study outlines the structure of various segments of GCC financial markets and points to regulatory challenges and future developments, ranging from capital market structures to the planned GCC Monetary Union, Islamic banking, and sovereign wealth funds. 304 pages. National Employment, Migration and Education in the GCC, edited by Steffen Hertog (London School of Economics) This volume provides a cross-cutting analysis of the policy challenges related to GCC labor markets. It analyzes the different dimensions of segmentation of these markets, factors of change influencing labor supply such as trends in education and demography, as well as the impact of potential future reforms in areas such as immigration policy, labor sponsorship, taxation and minimum wages. The work therefore provides an overview of what arguably will be the core socio-economic challenge for the GCC in the coming years. 304 pages.
Contents
VOLUME ONE
Introduction: The Gulf Region in the Global Economic Context
Richard Youngs
1. The Gulf in the New World Order: A Forgotten Emerging Power?
Richard Youngs
2. The Gulf Takes Charge: The GCC in the MENA Region
Edward Burke and Sara Bazoobandi
3. 'One Blood and One Destiny'?: Yemen and the Gulf
Edward Burke
4. Change or Continuity? US Policy towards the Gulf States and Its Implications for EU Policy
Ana Echague
5. The Emerging and the Difficult Road towards Asia-Gulf Transregionalism: Motivations and Future Challenges
John Sasuya
6. GCC Integration with International Trade Mechanisms
Natalia Alshakhanbeh
7. Visa Policies between the EU and the GCC: A Barrier to Reinforcing Interregional Cooperation
Anaïs Faure Atger and Elspeth Guild
About the Contributors
VOLUME TWO
Introduction
1. Conceptual Problems of Measuring Economic Diversification, as Applied to the GCC Economies
Jörg Beutel
2. Saudi Arabia's Economic Diversification: Progress and Challenges in the Context of the GCC
Ali Aissaoui
3. Domestic Pricing of Energy and Industrial Competitiveness
Giacomo Luciani
4. Public Industry as Tool of Rentier Economy Diversification:The GCC Case
Steffen Hertog
5. GCC Industrial Development
Hans-Georg Mueller
6. GCC Refining and Petrochemical Sectors in Global Perspective
Giacomo Luciani
7. The GCC Aluminum Industry -The Development of Aluminum Production Capacity in the Middle East
Halvor Kvande
8. Logistics and Economic Development in the GCC
Eckart Woertz
9. The Potential Impact of an EU-GCC FTA: A Benchmarking Exercise
Selen Sarisoy Guerin and Consuelo Pacchioli
References
List of Contributors
Index of Names
VOLUME THREE
Introduction
Eckart Woertz
1. Future Direction of the GCC Financial Sector - a Specific Look at Banking and Asset Management
Mandagolathur Raghu
2. Do GCC Stock Markets Support Their Domestic Economies: An Analytical Overview
Randa Alami
3. GCC Bond Markets
Michael P. Grifferty
4. Prospects of the Banking and Finance Sector and the Development of Financial Centers
Eckart Woertz
5. The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice: the Case of GCC Listed Companies.
Lamia A. Obay
6. Repercussions of Dubai's Debt Crisis
Eckart Woertz
7. The Impact of Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Development on Economic Growth in GCC Countries
Elias El-Achkar and Wassim Shahin
8. The Establishment of a Monetary Union among the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Erwin Nierop and Gabriela Lippe-Holst
9. Approaches to Islamic Banking in the Gulf
Rodney Wilson
10. Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds in International Comparison
Eckart Woertz
11. How Competitive are Gulf Economies?
Kenneth Wilson
About the Contributors
VOLUME FOUR
Introduction
Ste!en Hertog
1. Minimum Wages in Gulf States - An Economic Analysis
Eberhard Feess
2. A Comparative Assessment of Labor Market Nationalization
Policies in the GCC
Ste!en Hertog
3. Labor Market Politics in Bahrain
Hasan Tariq AlHasan
4. External Influences on GCC Labor Market Policies
N. Janardhan
5. Gulf Women's Participation in the Labor Market: Paid Labor,
Care and Social Protection in Patriarchal Systems
Diane Zovighian
6. GCC Demography and Immigration: Challenges and Policies
Philippe Fargues and Imco Brouwer
7. Higher Education in the GCC States: Reforms and Regulations
Abdulrahman M. Abouammoh
About the Contributors
