When Can Oil Economies Be Deemed Sustainable?

Author:   Giacomo Luciani ,  Tom Moerenhout
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
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9789811557309


Pages:   365
Publication Date:   10 October 2020
Format:   Paperback
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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 energy transition has challenged the notion that oil revenues are sufficient to sustain oil economies in the near to medium term. But what is the meaning of economic sustainability? The book discusses the multiple dimensions of the concept: economic diversification, continuing value of resources, taxation and fiscal development, labor market sustainability, sustainable income distribution, environmental sustainability, political order (democracy or authoritarianism) and sustainability, regional integration. The overarching message in this book is that we should move on from the simplistic branding of the Gulf economies as unsustainable and tackle the details of which adaptations they might need to undertake.

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Author:   Giacomo Luciani ,  Tom Moerenhout
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.506kg
ISBN:  

9789811557309


ISBN 10:   9811557306
Pages:   365
Publication Date:   10 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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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.

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Giacomo Luciani teaches at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and at the Paris School of International Affairs, Sciences Po in Paris. His edited book “The Rentier State” (1987, with H. Beblawi), is frequently cited as reference for the concept. His latest edited book, “Combining Economic and Political Development” (2017), discusses economic policies to support democratic transitions and is available in open access. Tom Moerenhout teaches at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and is a scholar at SIPA’s Center on Global Energy Policy. He is involved as a practitioner on energy sector and structural reforms through his work as a consultant for the World Bank, International Institute for Sustainable Development and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.

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