Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region, Volume II

Elaborates on various problems hindering diversification in the Gulf
Examines shared issues in strategic planning, policy making, and implementation

Underscores the importance of using global best practices to overcome fundamental weaknesses in the GCC's economic structure

Elaborates on various problems hindering diversification in the Gulf Examines shared issues in strategic planning, policy making, and implementation Underscores the importance of using global best practices to overcome fundamental weaknesses in the GCC's economic structure

Autorentext

Ashraf Mishrif is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy in the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London, UK.
Yousuf Hamad Al Balushi is an experienced and qualified economist with more than 18 years' professional experience at the Central Bank of Oman and the Supreme Council for Development and Planning of Oman.

Inhalt

1: Challenges of Economic Diversification in the GCC Countries.- 2: Natural Resources and Economic Diversification: Evidence from the GCC Countries.- 3: Oil Resources and Diversification in a Small Open Economy: The Case of Oman.- 4: Policy Implications of the UAE's Economic Diversification Strategy: Prioritizing National Objectives.- 5: Dubai's Model of Economic Diversification.- 6: Diversification and Specialisation in the Gulf's Digitized Creative Sectors.- 7: Success factors of Saudi-German Joint Ventures: A Meta-Analytical Approach.- 8: GCC Countries' Diversification and Industrial Development: Looking beyond the Asian Model.- 9: Economic Diversification in the GCC and the Korean Experience.- 10: Economic Diversification and Empowerment of Local Human Resources: Could Singapore be a Model for the GCC Countries?.