Combining Economic and Political Development

Giacomo Luciani leads the Master in International Energy at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po; and is adjunct professor of interdisciplinary studies at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. From 2010 to 2013 he was Princeton Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Near Eastern Studies.

• ForewordPrefaceList of FiguresList of TablesList of Acronyms and AbbreviationsNotes on Contributors1 Introduction: In Search of Economic Policies to Stabilise Democratic TransitionsGiacomo Luciani2 Reflections on the Arab Uprisings Samir Makdisi3 Rethinking the Rentier Curse Adeel Malik 4 Brief Political Economy of Energy Subsidies in the Middle East and North Africa Laura El-Katiri and Bassam Fattouh 5 The political economy of distribution in the Middle East: is there scope for a new social contract?Steffen Hertog6 Arab States as Shareholders: Origins and Consequences Alissa Amico 7 Can Finance and Credit Enable Economic Growth and Democracy?Bassem Snaije 8 Agriculture and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring Eckart Woertz 9 Mass Migration and Uprisings in Arab countries: An Analytical FrameworkPhilippe Fargues 10 Egypt’s Economic Transition: Challenges and Prospects Robert Springborg11 Oil Rent and Regional Economic Development in MENA Giacomo Luciani Index