Economics Lectures

TFR (Total Fertility Rate)

TFR in the MENA

TFR in Iran

Consequences of Demographic change (6)

Demographic Divident

Problem with Economic Dividend in MENA?

Human Capital

MENA countries with highest (and lowest!) percentage of urban population

Problems of rapid urbanisation (4)

first stream of labour migration in the MENA

Second stream (where to? + 4 phases)

'Impacts'. of arab migration on sending countries (3)

'Impacts' on receiving countries (4)

Agricultural decline in MENA

first stage that led to Agricultural Decline
(history)

Second Stage which led to Agricultural Decline

Last stage of Agricultural decline

What did these SAP's prescribe?
(4)

Consequences of SAP's

Food security vs Food Self-sufficiency

The Food Gap
(when, what?)

Water Problems (5)

MENA share on worlds oil reserves?
(percentage)

Creation of OPEC
(when, founding members?)

GCC members

Economic Rent

Rentier State
definition

Natural resource dependency
vs
Rentierism

Characteristics of Rentierism

Early challenges to Rentier States

Belgians

Major current challenges

The Dubai Model

The Upstream Sector

The Downstream sector

SWF

Shift in Gulf Investments?

Why the rise of Islamism?

Islamic Banking
(principles)

Murabaha contract

Liberalism's Gender Paradox

Citizenship in the gulf