When Can Oil Economies Be Deemed Sustainable?

This open access book questions the stereotype depicting all Gulf (GCC) economies as not sustainable, and starts a critical discussion of what these economies and polities should do to guarantee themselves a relatively stable future. Volatile international oil markets and the acceleration of the ene...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Luciani, Giacomo (Editor), Moerenhout, Tom (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:The Political Economy of the Middle East,
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Framing the economic sustainability of oil economies
  • 2. Fiscal sustainability, the labour market, and growth in Saudi Arabia
  • 3. Outlook for producer economies
  • 4. Economic diversification in Arab oil-exporting countries in the context of peak oil and the energy transition
  • 5. Economic Diversification and Sustainable Development of GCC Countries
  • 6. Redefining economic sustainability in resource-rich states: Comparative lessons
  • 7. Fuel and electricity reform for economic sustainability in the Gulf
  • 8. Fiscal sustainability and hydrocarbon endowment per capita in the GCC
  • 9. GCC fiscal reforms and labor market policies
  • 10. Economic diversification and job creation in the Arab Gulf countries: Applying a value chain perspective
  • 11. Climate strategy for producer countries: The case of Saudi Arabia
  • 12. The sustainability of GCC development under the new global oil order.