Arab Development Challenges of the New Millennium
Arab Development Challenges of the New Millennium

Author: Belkacem Laabas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-22

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1351760173

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This title was first published in 2002. In 2000, a major international conference was organized by the Arab Planning Institute to identify, analyze and compare development challenges facing Arab countries at the dawn of the new millennium. An interdisciplinary team of scholars were brought together from the fields of regional science, development studies, economics, business and government policy and together they addressed global, regional and domestic challenges and their impact on the Arab region. This volume brings together the best papers presented at this conference. In doing so, it offers up-to-date insights into, and a clearer understanding of this region. It highlights issues including: economic and social implications of globalization; strategic alliances; the implications for Arab countries of emerging technological patterns; the impact of the European Monetary Union and the euro; Arab regional integration; education; and the development of individual Arab country's economies.

Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East
Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East

Author: Anoushiravan Ehteshami

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-03-14

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1134092369

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Examining globalization in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed assessment of the impact of globalization in the ‘greater’ Middle East, including North Africa, in the context of the powerful geopolitical forces at work in shaping the region today. Written by a well-known authority in this area, this book demonstrates that, unlike in other regions, such as East Asia, geopolitics has been a critical factor in driving globalization in the Middle East. The author argues that whereas elsewhere globalisation has opened up the economy, society, culture and attitudes to the environment; in the Middle East it has had the opposite effect, with poor state formation, little interregional trade, foreign and interregional investment, and reassertion of traditional identities. This book explores the impact of globalization on the polities, economies and social environment of the greater Middle East, in the context of the region’s position as the central site of global geopolitical competition at the start of the twenty-first century.

Human Capital
Human Capital

Author: Ismail Abdel-Hamid Sirageldin

Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9789774247118

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Covers issues of demography and development in the Middle East, the capital value of rising populations, the workings of the labor market, and the impact of migration and urbanization on the region.

Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East
Handbook of Human Resource Management in the Middle East

Author: Pawan S. Budhwar

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2016-11-25

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1784719528

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This Handbook provides evidence-based information to the reader regarding the dynamics of HRM in this important region. The book is developed into three parts – contextual and functional issues such as societal and cultural perspectives, performance management and talent management; country-specific HRM covering the GCC, Levant and North African nations; and emerging themes such as HR issues related to domestic workers, labour localisation, expatriate management, CSR, Wasta, foreign and public sector firms. Covered under 23 chapters, the systematic analysis highlights the main forces determining HRM systems in the region.

Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa
Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Mr.Hamid R Davoodi

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2003-09-05

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781589062290

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable success in avoiding crises and achieving macroeconomic stability, the region’s economic performance in the past 30 years has been below potential. This paper takes stock of the region’s relatively weak performance, explores the reasons for this out come, and proposes an agenda for urgent reforms.

Global Human Resource Development
Global Human Resource Development

Author: Thomas N. Garavan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-05

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1317815904

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Drawing on contributions from leading academics in the field, this volume within the Routledge Series in Human Resource Development specifically focuses on Global Human Resource Development (HRD). Specifically, the volume provides an overview of 17 regions, 85 countries and includes one emerging market grouping, CIVETS. This book examines the role of the state in HRD, the relationship between HRD and the level of economic development in the country or region, the influence of foreign direct investment within the country or region, and firm-level HRD practices within countries or regions. Global Human Resource Development analyzes HRD from institutional and cross-cultural perspectives, making it possible, for the first time, to analyze trends across countries and regions and to draw conclusions about the value of institutional and cross-cultural perspectives in the HRD context. There is currently no book on the market that conceptualizes the discipline of global HRD in this way, making this a definitive book on HRD across the globe of particular interest to researchers and reflective practitioners.

Managing Human Resources in the Middle-East
Managing Human Resources in the Middle-East

Author: Pawan S. Budhwar

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-08-21

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 1134271921

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This book presents the HRM scenario in a number of countries in the Middle East, highlighting the growth of the personnel/HR function, the dominant HRM system(s) in the area and the challenges faced.

New Economic Developments and Their Impact on Arab Economies
New Economic Developments and Their Impact on Arab Economies

Author: Aḥmad Kawwāz

Publisher: JAI Press(NY)

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 936

ISBN-13:

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Hardbound. This book contains papers submitted to the International Conference on New Economic Developments and Their Impact on Arab Economies, held in Tunisia, 3-5 June 1998. The papers presented cover four main topics: Globalization and regionalization, water crises, technological changes and economies of peace. They are of high quality, very much policy oriented, and based on updated information.Members of the Arab countries will find this a useful tool in discovering the proper options and policies, guiding them to a better economic future.

Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management
Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management

Author: Chris Brewster

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018-04-27

Total Pages: 681

ISBN-13: 1784711136

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This second, updated and extended edition of the Handbook of Research on Comparative Human Resource Management draws on the work of many of the world’s leading researchers in the field to present the state of the art to scholars, students and practitioners. The Handbook provides a detailed focus on the theoretical underpinnings of Comparative HRM, on comparative studies of specific areas of HRM practice and on the unique features of HRM in all the main regions of the world.