Middle East Economic Development

This course deals with the ME region as encompassing all countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), or the area comprising the Arab States, Iran, Israel, and Turkey. These countries share common heritage as well as uncountable differences. The first half of the course surveys major development theories, and in the second half the application of these theories to different parts of MENA is explained. Case studies of particular countries (resource rich) and (resource poor) are used in applying the development theories to the region.