Learning Objectives

Brief learning objectives have been made available by the author, to assist you with your studies.

 

This chapter will enable a greater understanding of:
The key economic dynamics in the Middle East.
The relationship of the Middle East to the global economy.
The structural weaknesses present within Middle Eastern economies.
The role of oil in the economic dynamics of the Middle East.
The impacts of economic liberalisation on both economic and political dynamics in the region.