Saudi Arabia : rush to development : profile of an energy economy and investment / Ragaei El Mallakh.
Saudi Arabia is one of the most controversial and least known of the Arab nations. A land of massive contrasts - between its densely populated cities and its vast expanses of desert; between the recent poverty of its villages and the massive wealth created by oil, which is drawing a labour force fro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London [England] ; New York, New York :
Routledge,
2014.
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| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: The Economy of the Middle East.
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| Summary: | Saudi Arabia is one of the most controversial and least known of the Arab nations. A land of massive contrasts - between its densely populated cities and its vast expanses of desert; between the recent poverty of its villages and the massive wealth created by oil, which is drawing a labour force from most of the neighbouring countries; between the aggressive technocratic and industrial thrust forward and the strongly traditionalist Islamic basis of the ruling ideologies - it has progressed to world prominence in a matter of years after centuries of little or no change. The change is not so much a surge, or even a thrust, as a rush into the industrialized and wealthy world. This book analyzes the problems and achievements of Saudi development and provides the first detailed critique of the Third Development Plan. First published in 1982. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (483 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315744414 1315744414 9781317592044 1317592042 9781317592051 1317592050 9781317592037 1317592034 1138810096 9781138810099 9781138820319 1138820318 |