TY - BOOK ID - 80829275 TI - Doing business in the Middle East PY - 2004 SN - 9780511492242 9780521839556 9780521120609 0511230648 9780511230646 0511231415 9780511231414 051122902X 9780511229022 0511229860 9780511229862 0511492243 0521839556 0521839556 0521120608 110716253X 1280703237 051131664X PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Kuwait KW - Jordan KW - Economic conditions. KW - Politics and government. KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80829275 AB - Is business the solution to the problems of the Middle East? Some economists and policymakers argue that unleashing the Arab private sector is the key to sustainable growth and more liberal politics. Pete Moore's book is the first to examine relations between state authority and elite business representation in the region. By analysing the Kuwait and Jordan cases, he considers why organised business in Kuwait has been able to coordinate policy reform with state officials, while their Jordanian counterparts have generally failed. The author concludes that unleashing the private sector alone is insufficient to change current political and economic arrangements, and that successful economic adjustment requires successful political adjustment. ER -