Structural Transformation

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ID20076458
AuthorsDoerte Doemeland (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL), Marc Schiffbauer (0000-0002-5350-9834, Economic Research Forum)
Year2016
Pages27-62
Publication date2016-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueMiddle East Economies in Times of Transition (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-137-52977-0_2
OpenAlexW4252278154
ISBN9781137529770
LanguageEN
References cited11

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is an economically diverse region. It encompasses oil-rich, high-income Gulf countries and resource-scarce, lower-middle-income countries, such as Djibouti, Morocco, West Bank and Gaza and Yemen (Figure 1.1).1 The countries are also very different in their demographic structure. There are relatively few young people as a share of the population in Qatar and United Arab Emirates, while in Iraq, Yemen and West Bank and Gaza more than 40 percent of the population is younger than 15 years of age (Figure 1.2). Moreover, while the Gulf states are net migrant recipients, all other MENA countries, including natural resource-rich countries such as Algeria, Iraq and Iran, export migrants

Ancient history · Archaeology · Economics · Gaza strip · Geography · Middle East · Natural resource · Palestine · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · West bank · Demography · Economic Growth and Productivity · History

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