George T Abed
Biographic Data
| ID | 6489158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George T Abed |
| GIVEN NAMES | George T |
| FAMILY NAME | Abed |
| SIGNATURE | ABED G T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dr. George T. Abed, formerly division chief of the International Monetary Fund's Middle East Department, is currently director general of the Palestine Welfare Association, a Geneva-based development assistance foundation. An earlier version of this paper was delivered at the Symposium on Israel and U.S.-Israeli Relations at Yarmuk University, Jordan, in January 1986. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
This volume presents 18 IMF research studies on the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as how it can most effectively be combated to improve governance, increase economic growth, and reduce poverty. The authors examine how civil service wages affect corruption, the impact of natural resource availability on corruption, the impact of corruption on a country’s income distribution and incidence of poverty, and the effect of corruption on…
Developing the Palestinian Economy. An Interview with George T. Abed
Developing the Palestinian Economy. An Interview with George T. Abed
Strategies for Growth
Strategies for Growth
The Palestinians in the Peace Process
The advent of a Labor-led coalition government in Israel following the 23 June 1992 general elections may have changed some of the parameters in the Arab-Israeli peace equation. Israel comes to the renewed peace process with a strong hand. Even before the elections, events in the region and around the world had shifted the balance of power even more heavily in its favor. The destruction during the Gulf war of the military and industrial capacity …
The Palestinians in the Peace Process
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
In the Middle East, the rumblings of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are still reverberating. World War I and its aftermath struck the region like a rnajor earthquake that crushed an old order but has not yet fashioned a new one. In the interval between the guns of August 1914 and Saddam's guns of August 1990, the Middle East has been shaken, shaped, and reshaped many times. But in a more profound historical sense, it was still living in the wa…
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
of Israel 1988, p. 732. Israeli official statistics do not include the 20,000-25,000 Palestinians who work in Israel without a work permit; they also exclude from West Bank statistics workers from East Jerusalem. 24. M. Benvenisti and S. Khayat, ibid., pp
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories
Journal Article The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories Get access George T. Abed George T. Abed Dr.Abed is Director General of the Palestine Welfare Association in Geneva.He was previously a senior member of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.He has published numerous articles in proffesional journals on the economics of energy,manpower planning, international economics, and economic devolopment in the Arab cou…
Unequal Development
Unequal Development
Israel in the Orbit of America
Israel in the Orbit of America
By virtue of its history and special circumstances, Israel has always looked beyond its immediate environment for support in the diplomatic, political, military, or economic spheres. This paper focuses on the economic aspects of this situation through an analysis of the development of the Israeli economy and its evolving relationship with the West. In particular, it will seek to identify those features that have characterized that economy from th…
The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories
Journal Article The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories Get access George T. Abed George T. Abed Dr.Abed is Director General of the Palestine Welfare Association in Geneva.He was previously a senior member of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.He has published numerous articles in proffesional journals on the economics of energy,manpower planning, international economics, and economic devolopment in the Arab cou…
The Palestinians in the Peace Process
The advent of a Labor-led coalition government in Israel following the 23 June 1992 general elections may have changed some of the parameters in the Arab-Israeli peace equation. Israel comes to the renewed peace process with a strong hand. Even before the elections, events in the region and around the world had shifted the balance of power even more heavily in its favor. The destruction during the Gulf war of the military and industrial capacity …
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
In the Middle East, the rumblings of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are still reverberating. World War I and its aftermath struck the region like a rnajor earthquake that crushed an old order but has not yet fashioned a new one. In the interval between the guns of August 1914 and Saddam's guns of August 1990, the Middle East has been shaken, shaped, and reshaped many times. But in a more profound historical sense, it was still living in the wa…
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
of Israel 1988, p. 732. Israeli official statistics do not include the 20,000-25,000 Palestinians who work in Israel without a work permit; they also exclude from West Bank statistics workers from East Jerusalem. 24. M. Benvenisti and S. Khayat, ibid., pp
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
Israel in the Orbit of America
By virtue of its history and special circumstances, Israel has always looked beyond its immediate environment for support in the diplomatic, political, military, or economic spheres. This paper focuses on the economic aspects of this situation through an analysis of the development of the Israeli economy and its evolving relationship with the West. In particular, it will seek to identify those features that have characterized that economy from th…
Israel in the Orbit of America
Israel in the Orbit of America
By virtue of its history and special circumstances, Israel has always looked beyond its immediate environment for support in the diplomatic, political, military, or economic spheres. This paper focuses on the economic aspects of this situation through an analysis of the development of the Israeli economy and its evolving relationship with the West. In particular, it will seek to identify those features that have characterized that economy from th…
The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories
Journal Article The Political Economy of Resistance in the Occupied Territories Get access George T. Abed George T. Abed Dr.Abed is Director General of the Palestine Welfare Association in Geneva.He was previously a senior member of the International Monetary Fund in Washington.He has published numerous articles in proffesional journals on the economics of energy,manpower planning, international economics, and economic devolopment in the Arab cou…
Unequal Development
Unequal Development
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
of Israel 1988, p. 732. Israeli official statistics do not include the 20,000-25,000 Palestinians who work in Israel without a work permit; they also exclude from West Bank statistics workers from East Jerusalem. 24. M. Benvenisti and S. Khayat, ibid., pp
The Economic Viability of a Palestinian State
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
In the Middle East, the rumblings of the breakup of the Ottoman Empire are still reverberating. World War I and its aftermath struck the region like a rnajor earthquake that crushed an old order but has not yet fashioned a new one. In the interval between the guns of August 1914 and Saddam's guns of August 1990, the Middle East has been shaken, shaped, and reshaped many times. But in a more profound historical sense, it was still living in the wa…
The Palestinians and the Gulf Crisis
The Palestinians in the Peace Process
The advent of a Labor-led coalition government in Israel following the 23 June 1992 general elections may have changed some of the parameters in the Arab-Israeli peace equation. Israel comes to the renewed peace process with a strong hand. Even before the elections, events in the region and around the world had shifted the balance of power even more heavily in its favor. The destruction during the Gulf war of the military and industrial capacity …
The Palestinians in the Peace Process
Strategies for Growth
Strategies for Growth
Developing the Palestinian Economy. An Interview with George T. Abed
Developing the Palestinian Economy. An Interview with George T. Abed
Governance, Corruption, and Economic Performance
This volume presents 18 IMF research studies on the causes and consequences of corruption, as well as how it can most effectively be combated to improve governance, increase economic growth, and reduce poverty. The authors examine how civil service wages affect corruption, the impact of natural resource availability on corruption, the impact of corruption on a country’s income distribution and incidence of poverty, and the effect of corruption on…
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