The New Post-oil Arab Gulf

Informationen zum Autor Nabil Sultan: Nabil Sultan is a Senior Lecturer in Business and Computer Science at the Liverpool Hope University.David Weir: David Weir is a Professor of Intercultural Management at Liverpool Hope University. Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub: Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub is Director of Research at the Dubai International Financial Centre in the United Arab Emirates. Zusammenfassung The sharp increase in oil revenues since 2002 has left the Arab Gulf States with billions of petro-dollars. But how will these countries fare in the post-oil era? The rulers of these states are taking serious measures to ensure the survival of their economies! and indeed their regimes! in a world with scarce mineral resources. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsAcknowledgement 3Introduction 4Dr. Nabil A. Sultan Building the Foundation for a Post-Oil Era: The Case of the GCC Countries 10Nabil Sultan Beverly Dawn Metcalfe David Weir GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds and Islamic Finance: Financial Foundations for the Post-Oil Gulf? 39Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub The GCC Countries as Knowledge-Based Economies: Future Aspirations and Challenges 66David Weir Nabil Sultan Beverly Dawn Metcalfe Sameer Abuznaid Higher Education in the Gulf States: From Traditional to Modern 90Christopher M. Davidson A 'Smart' Technology-Enhanced Learning for the Post-Oil Arab Gulf 109Alain Senteni Rana Tamim Bryn Holmes Paul Michael Gledhill The Role of Women in a Post-Oil Arab Gulf Future 136Beverly Dawn Metcalfe Nabil Sultan David Weir Notes on Contributors 168Bibliography 172Index 190

Product details

• Authors: Sultan, Nabil Weir Sultan, SULTAN NABIL WEIR DAVID KARAKE S
• Assisted by: Zeinab Karake-Shalhoub (Editor), Karake-Shalhoub Zeinab (Editor), Nabil Sultan (Editor), Nabil A. Sultan (Editor), Sultan Nabil (Editor), David Weir (Editor), Weir David (Editor)
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.05.2011
• EAN: 9780863564901
• ISBN: 978-0-86356-490-1
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, economic growth, Arabian Peninsula