Ishac Diwan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3466675 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ishac Diwan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ishac |
| FAMILY NAME | Diwan |
| SIGNATURE | DIWAN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université Paris Dauphine-PSL |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What would it take for private capital to replace ODA
The global financial crisis has been exacerbated by a systemic debt crisis in low‐ and lower‐middle‐income countries. The Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) has a role in resolving the debt crisis. However, improving the capacity of indebted countries to cope with market swings and how to make markets a useful source of finance for long‐term development remains a challenge looking for a solution. In addition to a larger GFSN, it is essential to d…
Political Connections Reduce Job Creation: Firm-level Evidence from Lebanon
Using firm-level data, we document that politically connected firms (PCFs) create more jobs than unconnected firms in Lebanon. We observe, however, that the presence of PCFs in a sector is correlated with lower job creation. Although causality is difficult to establish due to endogeneity issues, we find that PCFs expand, and non-PCFs retract, more around elections. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that unfair competition by PCFs hu…
Does education indoctrinate
Do states manage to build education systems that produce students with political values they uphold? We test the indoctrination hypothesis using World Value Survey data spanning 96 countries. We devise an empirical strategy that can identify the effects of education on political values by using information about the political regime under which individuals live, and regimes under which they got educated. Our results suggest that state indoctrinat…
Insecurity and political values in the Arab world
Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the relationship between shifting macro-political conditions and individual-level political values in the Middle East, demonstrating that a preference for democracy and political trust are not fixed cultural features of populations but rather can shift rapidly in the face of perceived insecurity. Our empir…
Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring
The popular uprisings in 2011 that overthrew Arab dictators were also a rebuke to crony capitalism, targeted against both rulers and their allied businessmen who had monopolized profitable economic opportunities. While the Middle East has witnessed a growing nexus between business and politics in the wake of economic liberalization, little is known about the nature of business cronies, the sectors in which they operate, the mechanisms used to fav…
A Political Economy of the Middle East
A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and social actors in the Middle East.The fourth edition, with new authors Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan, has been thoroughly revised, with two new introductory chapters that provide an updated framewo…
The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
In this Westview Press Spotlight, Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan explore the impact of the Arab Spring and subsequent events in the region. The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings analyzes the ways in which salient socioeconomic and political factors are interacting to shape the construction of new political institutions and economic reform programs. The authors introduce students to events with vivid depictions of regional variations in the …
The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism
A fiscal sociology of the state offers a useful lens for tracing the evolution of social contracts and the underlying political settlements2 that sustain them (Campbell 1993; Goldscheid 1958). In the Middle East, fiscal policy has gone through dramatic changes over the past 50 years, with state expenditures first growing to extraordinary levels, and then shrinking enormously. The nature and sheer size of the rise and the fall of public spending b…
Puzzles and Clues — An Overview
After a long gestation period, finally there was an Arab spring in January 2011, which has since turned into other seasons. Along with the spring came an avalanche of new books on the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). So, do we need one more book on the subject? The short answer is yes, simply because no topic is ever exhausted, and all the more so for an event of that historical significance. Furthermore, there are at…
Regional and Global Integration
In the past 50 years, the MENA region has been integrated to the world economy through two main channels: the sale of oil, and labor migration. Labor migration, in retrospect, acted as the main way to redistribute oil revenues from the oil exporting to the importing countries, especially those in the Mashrek region, greatly benefitting millions of households. The migration of mostly unskilled workers from the Maghreb to Europe, during its period …
The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition
Diwan and Galal looks at the structure and prospects of the Middle East economies after the 2011 Uprisings, focusing on issues of economic growth, inequality, the impact of oil, and the unfolding poli
Preference for Democracy in the Arab World
We take a new look at the question of the Arab democratic exception by looking at the preference for democracy among individuals in the Arab world in a comparative context. We use the new sixth wave of the World Value Survey, which was collected between 2012 and 2013, and which included for the first time 12 Arab countries (up from only four in wave 5) and 68 non-Arab countries. We innovate empirically by measuring the preference for democracy ov…
Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
Recent experience with commercial bank debt reduction: Has the “menu” outdone the market
Does education indoctrinate
Do states manage to build education systems that produce students with political values they uphold? We test the indoctrination hypothesis using World Value Survey data spanning 96 countries. We devise an empirical strategy that can identify the effects of education on political values by using information about the political regime under which individuals live, and regimes under which they got educated. Our results suggest that state indoctrinat…
Insecurity and political values in the Arab world
Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the relationship between shifting macro-political conditions and individual-level political values in the Middle East, demonstrating that a preference for democracy and political trust are not fixed cultural features of populations but rather can shift rapidly in the face of perceived insecurity. Our empir…
Preference for Democracy in the Arab World
We take a new look at the question of the Arab democratic exception by looking at the preference for democracy among individuals in the Arab world in a comparative context. We use the new sixth wave of the World Value Survey, which was collected between 2012 and 2013, and which included for the first time 12 Arab countries (up from only four in wave 5) and 68 non-Arab countries. We innovate empirically by measuring the preference for democracy ov…
Recent experience with commercial bank debt reduction: Has the “menu” outdone the market
Recent experience with commercial bank debt reduction: Has the “menu” outdone the market
The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism
A fiscal sociology of the state offers a useful lens for tracing the evolution of social contracts and the underlying political settlements2 that sustain them (Campbell 1993; Goldscheid 1958). In the Middle East, fiscal policy has gone through dramatic changes over the past 50 years, with state expenditures first growing to extraordinary levels, and then shrinking enormously. The nature and sheer size of the rise and the fall of public spending b…
Puzzles and Clues — An Overview
After a long gestation period, finally there was an Arab spring in January 2011, which has since turned into other seasons. Along with the spring came an avalanche of new books on the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). So, do we need one more book on the subject? The short answer is yes, simply because no topic is ever exhausted, and all the more so for an event of that historical significance. Furthermore, there are at…
Regional and Global Integration
In the past 50 years, the MENA region has been integrated to the world economy through two main channels: the sale of oil, and labor migration. Labor migration, in retrospect, acted as the main way to redistribute oil revenues from the oil exporting to the importing countries, especially those in the Mashrek region, greatly benefitting millions of households. The migration of mostly unskilled workers from the Maghreb to Europe, during its period …
The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition
Diwan and Galal looks at the structure and prospects of the Middle East economies after the 2011 Uprisings, focusing on issues of economic growth, inequality, the impact of oil, and the unfolding poli
Preference for Democracy in the Arab World
We take a new look at the question of the Arab democratic exception by looking at the preference for democracy among individuals in the Arab world in a comparative context. We use the new sixth wave of the World Value Survey, which was collected between 2012 and 2013, and which included for the first time 12 Arab countries (up from only four in wave 5) and 68 non-Arab countries. We innovate empirically by measuring the preference for democracy ov…
A Political Economy of the Middle East
A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and social actors in the Middle East.The fourth edition, with new authors Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan, has been thoroughly revised, with two new introductory chapters that provide an updated framewo…
The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings
In this Westview Press Spotlight, Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan explore the impact of the Arab Spring and subsequent events in the region. The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings analyzes the ways in which salient socioeconomic and political factors are interacting to shape the construction of new political institutions and economic reform programs. The authors introduce students to events with vivid depictions of regional variations in the …
Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring
The popular uprisings in 2011 that overthrew Arab dictators were also a rebuke to crony capitalism, targeted against both rulers and their allied businessmen who had monopolized profitable economic opportunities. While the Middle East has witnessed a growing nexus between business and politics in the wake of economic liberalization, little is known about the nature of business cronies, the sectors in which they operate, the mechanisms used to fav…
Does education indoctrinate
Do states manage to build education systems that produce students with political values they uphold? We test the indoctrination hypothesis using World Value Survey data spanning 96 countries. We devise an empirical strategy that can identify the effects of education on political values by using information about the political regime under which individuals live, and regimes under which they got educated. Our results suggest that state indoctrinat…
Insecurity and political values in the Arab world
Within a few years of the historic Arab uprisings of 2011, popular mobilization dissipated amidst instability in many Arab countries. We trace the relationship between shifting macro-political conditions and individual-level political values in the Middle East, demonstrating that a preference for democracy and political trust are not fixed cultural features of populations but rather can shift rapidly in the face of perceived insecurity. Our empir…
Political Connections Reduce Job Creation: Firm-level Evidence from Lebanon
Using firm-level data, we document that politically connected firms (PCFs) create more jobs than unconnected firms in Lebanon. We observe, however, that the presence of PCFs in a sector is correlated with lower job creation. Although causality is difficult to establish due to endogeneity issues, we find that PCFs expand, and non-PCFs retract, more around elections. Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that unfair competition by PCFs hu…
What would it take for private capital to replace ODA
The global financial crisis has been exacerbated by a systemic debt crisis in low‐ and lower‐middle‐income countries. The Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN) has a role in resolving the debt crisis. However, improving the capacity of indebted countries to cope with market swings and how to make markets a useful source of finance for long‐term development remains a challenge looking for a solution. In addition to a larger GFSN, it is essential to d…
Economics (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Economy (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · Economic conditions (6 works) · Middle East (6 works) · Economic history (5 works) · Geography (5 works)