Jordan Since 1989 by Warwick Knowles

Jordan Since 1989 by Warwick Knowles

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Since the intervention of the IMF in 1989, the boundaries between the private and public sectors of the Jordanian economy have become blurred. This, the author argues, has significantly reduced the competitiveness of Jordanian firms, and therefore the standing of the country in worldwide economic terms.

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Jordan Since 1989 by Warwick Knowles

Jordan Since 1989 is the first major work in political economy to study the impact of the 1989 IMF intervention and the changes that it has wrought upon the Jordanian economy. Knowles argues that the blurring of boundaries between the public and private sector has significantly affected the success of IMF and World Bank policies in Jordan which are predicated upon a clear distinction between these sectors. Furthermore Jordan's move from an economy that is dependent upon outside economic assistance to one that is dependent upon remittances has affected the power of the country's elite which hitherto depended on access to and control of aid.
"An outstanding contribution to an increasingly sophisticated body of literature on rentierism" Emma Murphy FRSA Senior Lecturer Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. University of Durham. "This book will undoubtedly become a standard reference source on the modern political economy of Jordan." Rodney Wilson Professor of Economics. Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. University of Durham." Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4, 623-632, July 2005. Review by Randa Alani: ''This study of the political economy of Jordan since 1989 is a delight to Middle Eastern students and researchers in terms of the extensiveness of the research used to back up the main arguments.' 'Rich and informative.'
Warwick Knowles is Lecturer in Political Economy of the Middle East at the Univeristy of Durham's Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
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ISBN 13 9781850436331
ISBN 10 1850436339
Title Jordan Since 1989
Author Warwick Knowles
Series Library Of Modern Middle East Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2005-02-25
Number of pages 288
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