The Economies of the Middle East pdf

Fondatore del programma di finanza islamica presso l'Università di Durham, dove continua a essere professore emerito. Visiting Professor presso la Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies e Adjunct Professor presso l'International Center of Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF), Kuala Lumpur. È stato consulente per la governance della Shari'ah presso l'Islamic Financial Services Board, Kuala Lumpur, (2007-9). Ha fornito consulenza alla Banca centrale del Qatar sulla politica monetaria e sui rapporti prudenziali, (2009-10). Ha intrapreso un progetto per la Banca africana di sviluppo sullo stato e il potenziale della finanza islamica in Nord Africa, (2011). Lavorare sui mercati dei capitali in Nord Africa per l'African Development Bank. Ha scritto 12 libri e oltre 40 articoli.

The Economies of the Middle East pdf da Rodney Wilson

With the phenomenal development ofthe countries of the Middle East during the last decade, there has been an accompanying proliferation of literature on their economies. lt was with some trepidation, therefore, that I embarked upon a further study to add to this literature. Apart from a few general works ofreference, however, most ofthe studies deal with particular countries rather than the region as a wh oie. Thus there seemed to be a need for a guide to the economies of the Middle East which was wider in its coverage than the studies which had hitherto ap- peared. At the same time much of the existing literature was of a de- scriptive rather than an analytical nature, often not written by economists. Where economic theory was applied in aMiddie Eastern context, it was usually a particular model, rather than economic prin- ciples in their more general sense. It was these deficiencies in the litera- ture that prompted me, as a practising economist, to start work on this present volume