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The silent revolution : the Arab Spring and the Gulf States
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ISBN: 3940924938 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin : Gerlach,

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Persian Gulf 2014 : India's relations with the region
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ISBN: 935150462X 9351501558 9789351501558 9789351500773 9351500772 Year: 2014 Publisher: Los Angeles, [California] : SAGE Publications,

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"While the wider Middle East is important, the core Indian interests lie in the Persian Gulf region. This series called Persian Gulf focuses on India's bilateral relations with the region and discusses the political, strategic, economic, energy and cultural and social relations. It provides comprehensive statistical information on various aspects of bilateral relations and gives detailed analytical insights into recent developments. It also delves into internal dynamics of the Persian Gulf states, particularly focusing on the economic and political development during 2013. Persian Gulf 2014 will be the second in the series examining the bilateral developments during 2013"--Provided by publisher.


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State-society relations in the Arab Gulf States
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ISBN: 3940924393 9783940924391 9783940924384 3940924385 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin, Germany : Gerlach Press,

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Gulf theater, 1813-1815
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Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, D.C. Center of Military History, United States Army

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United States-Gulf Cooperation Council security cooperation in a multipolar world
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Year: 2014 Publisher: Carlisle Barracks, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press,

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Adventurism and Empire : The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803
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ISBN: 9781469618357 1469618354 9781469618333 1469618338 1469636034 9798890844569 9798890844552 9781469636030 Year: 2014 Publisher: Chapel Hill : Baltimore, Md. : The University of North Carolina Press, Project MUSE,

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In this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As he traces currents of peace and war over four critical decades--from the close of the Seven Years War through the Louisiana Purchase--Narrett sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history through cross-border trade, settlement projects involving slave and free labor, and military incursions aimed at Spanish and Indian territories. Narrett examines the clash of empires and nationalities from diverse perspectives. He weighs the challenges facing Native Americans along with the competition between Spanish, French, British, and U.S. interests. In a turbulent era, the Louisiana and Florida borderlands were shaken by tremors from the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolution. By demonstrating pervasive intrigue and subterfuge in borderland rivalries, Narrett shows that U.S. Manifest Destiny was not a linear or inevitable progression. He offers a fresh interpretation of how events in the Louisiana and Florida borderlands altered the North American balance of power, and affected the history of the Atlantic world.


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Tribal modern : branding new nations in the arab gulf
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ISBN: 0520280105 0520957261 9780520957268 1306053773 9781306053778 9780520280090 0520280091 9780520280106 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berkeley, California : University of California Press,

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In the 1970's, one of the most torrid and forbidding regions in the world burst on to the international stage. The discovery and subsequent exploitation of oil allowed tribal rulers of the U.A.E, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait to dream big. How could fishermen, pearl divers and pastoral nomads catch up with the rest of the modernized world? Even today, society is skeptical about the clash between the modern and the archaic in the Gulf. But could tribal and modern be intertwined rather than mutually exclusive? Exploring everything from fantasy architecture to neo-tribal sports and from Emirati dress codes to neo-Bedouin poetry contests, Tribal Modern explodes the idea that the tribal is primitive and argues instead that it is an elite, exclusive, racist, and modern instrument for branding new nations and shaping Gulf citizenship and identity-an image used for projecting prestige at home and power abroad.


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Soaring of the Gulf Falcons : Diversification in the GCC Oil Exporters in Seven Propositions
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ISBN: 1498344429 149839275X Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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A key priority for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries is to create a dynamic non-oil tradable sector to support sustainable growth. Since export diversification takes a long time, it has to start now. We argue that the failure to diversify away from oil stems mainly from market failures rather than government failures. To tackle market failures, the government needs to change the incentive structure for workers and firms. Experiences of oil exporters that managed to diversify suggest that a focus on competing in international markets and an emphasis on technological upgrade and climbing the “quality ladder” are crucial.


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The macroeconomics of the Arab states of the Gulf
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ISBN: 1475516401 1475533039 1299999212 1475519990 0191506745 9780191506741 9781299999213 Year: 2014 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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This title provides original insights into the functioning of the GCC macro-economy. It covers structural, long-term, issues such as the determinants of economic growth, the impact of foreign workers on labour markets, wages, and competitiveness and the economic impact of a rich state that wants to distribute oil money.

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Macroeconomics. --- Gulf Cooperation Council. --- Gulf Co-operation Council --- Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf --- States of Gulf Co-operation Council --- Golf-Rat --- GCC --- G.C.C. --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī al-ʻArabī --- GKR --- Kooperationsrat Arabischer Staaten am Golf --- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf --- Duwal Majlis al-Khalīj --- Gŏlpʻŭ Hyŏmnyŏk Wiwŏnhoe --- Kŏlpʻŭ Hyŏmnyŏk Wiwŏnhoe --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun li-Duwal al-Khalīj al-ʻArabīyah --- Golfkooperationsrat --- AGCC --- A.G.C.C. --- Duwal Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī --- Sovet sotrudnichestva arabskikh gosudarstv Persidskogo zaliva --- SSAGPZ --- Arab Gulf Cooperation Council --- مجلس التعاون الخليجي --- مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية --- Shūrā-yi Hamkārī-i Khalīj-i Fārs --- شوراى همکارى خليج فارس --- Persian Gulf Cooperation Council --- PGCC --- Conseil de coopération du Golfe --- Gulf Cooperative Council --- Persian Gulf States --- Economic conditions --- Economics --- Arab countries --- Economic conditions. --- Economic development --- Macroeconomics --- Economics.--ukslc --- Persian Gulf States--Economic conditions--21st century --- History --- E-books --- Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo --- Ccg --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse


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Economic Diversification in the GCC : Past, Present, and Future
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ISBN: 149835551X 1498301681 9781498301688 1498303234 9781498303231 9781498355513 Year: 2014 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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Abstract: The economies of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are heavily reliant on oil. Greater economic diversification would reduce their exposure to volatility and uncertainty in the global oil market, help create jobs in the private sector, increase productivity and sustainable growth, and help create the non-oil economy that will be needed in the future when oil revenues start to dwindle. The GCC countries have followed many of the standard policies that are usually thought to promote more diversified economies, including reforms to improve the business climate, the development of domestic infrastructure, financial deepening, and improvements in education. Nevertheless, success to date has been limited. This paper argues that increased diversification will require realigning incentives for firms and workers in the economies—fixing these incentives is the “missing link” in the GCC countries’ diversification strategies. At present, producing non-tradables is less risky and more profitable for firms as they can benefit from the easy availability of low-wage foreign labor and the rapid growth in government spending, while the continued availability of high-paying and secure public sector jobs discourages nationals from pursuing entrepreneurship and private sector employment. Measures to begin to address these incentive issues could include limiting and reorienting government spending, strengthening private sector competition, providing guarantees and financial support for those firms engaged in export activity, and implementing labor market reforms to make nationals more competitive for private sector employment.

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Business enterprises --- Exports --- Revenue --- Wages and labor productivity --- Economic development --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Energy industries --- Oil industries --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Annual improvement factor --- Labor productivity and wages --- Wages --- Industrial engineering --- Labor productivity --- Productivity bargaining --- Government revenue --- Public revenue --- Finance, Public --- Taxation --- International trade --- Business organizations --- Businesses --- Companies --- Enterprises --- Firms --- Organizations, Business --- Business --- Gulf Cooperation Council. --- Gulf Co-operation Council --- Co-operation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf --- States of Gulf Co-operation Council --- Golf-Rat --- GCC --- G.C.C. --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī al-ʻArabī --- GKR --- Kooperationsrat Arabischer Staaten am Golf --- Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf --- Duwal Majlis al-Khalīj --- Gŏlpʻŭ Hyŏmnyŏk Wiwŏnhoe --- Kŏlpʻŭ Hyŏmnyŏk Wiwŏnhoe --- Majlis al-Taʻāwun li-Duwal al-Khalīj al-ʻArabīyah --- Golfkooperationsrat --- AGCC --- A.G.C.C. --- Duwal Majlis al-Taʻāwun al-Khalījī --- Sovet sotrudnichestva arabskikh gosudarstv Persidskogo zaliva --- SSAGPZ --- Arab Gulf Cooperation Council --- مجلس التعاون الخليجي --- مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية --- Shūrā-yi Hamkārī-i Khalīj-i Fārs --- شوراى همکارى خليج فارس --- Persian Gulf Cooperation Council --- PGCC --- Conseil de coopération du Golfe --- Gulf Cooperative Council --- Consiglio di cooperazione del Golfo --- Ccg --- Persian Gulf States --- Economic policy. --- E-books --- Exports and Imports --- Macroeconomics --- Industrialization --- Manufacturing and Service Industries --- Choice of Technology --- Industrial Policy --- Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development --- Trade: General --- Business Taxes and Subsidies --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- Economic Development: General --- International economics --- Public finance & taxation --- Oil, gas and mining taxes --- Export diversification --- Tax incentives --- Service exports --- Taxes --- United Arab Emirates

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