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Zusatztext This is a remarkably important book, analyzing one of the most critical issues facing the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms. Woertz is thorough, detailed, and balanced in his treatment of the problem of food security in the Persian Gulf region and beyond, looking, among other things, at the perils and opportunities of agro-investments abroad, principally in Africa. For anyone interested in better understanding the challenges of food security, both globally and in the Middle East, Oil for Food is a must read. Informationen zum Autor Eckart Woertz is senior researcher at the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB). Formerly he was a visiting fellow at Princeton University, director of economic studies at the Gulf Research Center in Dubai, and worked for banks in Germany and the United Arab Emirates. Klappentext Oil for Food draws on extensive sources and interviews to tell the story of how Arab Gulf countries reacted to the 2008 global food crisis. It argues against the hype created around so called land grabs and analyzes the geopolitical implications behind the investment drive of Arab Gulf countries in food insecure countries like Sudan or Pakistan. Zusammenfassung Oil for Food draws on extensive sources and interviews to tell the story of how Arab Gulf countries reacted to the 2008 global food crisis. It argues against the hype created around so called land grabs and analyzes the geopolitical implications behind the investment drive of Arab Gulf countries in food insecure countries like Sudan or Pakistan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1: The Gulf Food Security Predicament Part I: Gulf Food Security: History, Political Economy, and Geopolitics 2: Ethiopian Wheat and American Tires: Gulf Food Security and World War II 3: Rise and Fall of the Blooming Desert: The Self-Sufficiency Illusion 4: The Food Weapon: Geopolitics in the Middle East Part II: Gulf Food Security and International Agro-investments 5: The Global Land Grab Phenomenon 6: The Sudan Bread-Basket Dream 7: Return to the Future: Current GCC Agro-investments 8: Explaining the Implementation Gap: Money, Water, and Politics 9: Oil for Food Policies? References ...
