Economic Diversification in the Gulf Region, Volume II Comparing Global Challenges /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mishrif, Ashraf (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Al Balushi, Yousuf (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: The Political Economy of the Middle East,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Middle East-Economic conditions.; Development economics.; Economic development.; International Political Economy.; Middle Eastern and North African Economics.; Development Economics.; Regional Development.

This volume explores the challenges to diversification in Gulf countries, which can no longer rely on profits from hydrocarbons to fund national expenditures. It elaborates on the problem of weak institutions, lack of coordination between policy makers and executors, limited investment in research a...