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Sommario
1: Introduction; 2: Arab Development Challenges of the New Millennium; I: Globalization Challenges; 3: Economic and Social Implications of Globalization for the Arab Countries; 4: The Regional Strategic Alliance Approach to Globalization of Arab Countries; 5: Globalization, New Technologies and Emerging Patterns of Competition: Implications for the Arab World; II: The Euro and Euro-Med; 6: Implications of the Euro for Arab Countries; 7: Will the EUR Compete with the USD in Arab Countries?; 8: Euro-Mediterranean versus Arab Integration: Are they Compatible?; III: Arab Regional Integration; 9: Regional Challenges to Arab Development in the New Millennium; 10: The European Union as a Model for Arab Economic Integration; 11: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Integration: What Lessons for the Arab Region?; IV: Education, Science and Technology; 12: Two Crucial Challenges to Human Development in the Arab Region: Governance Reform and Knowledge Acquisition; 13: Arab Educational Systems: Towards the Attainment of Better Achievements; 14: What Science and Technology Policies are needed in the Arab Countries to face the Challenges of Globalization?; V: Human Development; 15: Nature, Determinants and Prospects for Sustainable Human Development in the Arab Region; 16: Towards Better Complementarity Between Human and Physical Capital in the Arab World to Achieve Higher Competitiveness and Secure Decent Work for All in the 21 st Century
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Belkacem Laabas
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This title was first published in 2002. In 2000, a major international conference was organized by the Arab Planning Institute to identify, analyze and compare development challenges facing Arab countries at the dawn of the new millennium. An interdisciplinary team of scholars were brought together from the fields of regional science, development studies, economics, business and government policy and together they addressed global, regional and domestic challenges and their impact on the Arab region. This volume brings together the best papers presented at this conference. In doing so, it offers up-to-date insights into, and a clearer understanding of this region. It highlights issues including: economic and social implications of globalization; strategic alliances; the implications for Arab countries of emerging technological patterns; the impact of the European Monetary Union and the euro; Arab regional integration; education; and the development of individual Arab country's economies.
