Privatization and Literalization in the Middle East
- Indiana University Press, 1992
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An international group of specialists take stock of the problems and prospects for privatization of state-run economies and other liberalization efforts in a wide range of countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Preface, Privatization: The Issue and Prospects and the Fears, Extra-State Actors and Privatization in Egypt, Privatization in Egypt: The Regional Dimensions, Egypt's Liberalization Experience and Its Impact on State-Owned Enterprises, Labor as an Obstacle to Privatization: The Case of Egypt, Constraints to Privatization in Turkey, Divergent Modes of Economic Liberalization in Syria and Iraq, Economic Liberalization in Oil-Exporting Countries: Iraq and Saudi Arabia, Economic and Political Liberalization in a Rentier Economy: The Case of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Breaking with Socialism: Economic Liberalization and Privatization in Algeria, Privatization and Development in Tunisia, Index.