The overabundance of finance brought in by oil has ironically hindered rather than helped Iraqi economic growth and prosperity over the past 50 years.
The International Context of the Iraqi Oil Industry The Rise and Decline of a National Oil Industry Oil and Development in Iraq Invasion, Sanctions, and Bombing Sanctions After the Gulf War Impact of the Sanctions on Iraq Oil Under Sanctions Burdens in the Future Conclusions and Prospects Selected Bibliography Index
ABBAS ALNASRAWI is the John H. Converse Professor of Economics, the University of Vermont. He is the author of The Economy of Iraq: Oil, Wars, Destruction of Development and Prospects (Greenwood Press, 1994) and Arab Nationalism, Oil, and the Political Economy of Dependency (Greenwood Press, 1991).
?[a] valuable contribution to literature on economic development,
the political economy of the Middle East, and the literature on the
history of geopolitics of oil. It provides a useful background to
Iraq prior to the second Persian Gulg War. It deserves to be widely
readby scholars and by citizens concerned about war, occupation,
and the new imperialism.?-Journal and Review
?This book is a useful addition to the literature...Alnasrawi's
book is a thorough study with reference to the literature and the
available data.?-www.swans.com
?This is a welcome book by a well-established scholar who has spent
decades studying oil markets and OPEC in general, and Iraq in
particular....Important reading for understanding wars, sanctions,
and particularly the ruinous international neglect of a nation in
despair. Highly recommended. General readers and lower-division
undergraduates through professionals.?-Choice
"Ýa¨ valuable contribution to literature on economic development,
the political economy of the Middle East, and the literature on the
history of geopolitics of oil. It provides a useful background to
Iraq prior to the second Persian Gulg War. It deserves to be widely
readby scholars and by citizens concerned about war, occupation,
and the new imperialism."-Journal and Review
"This book is a useful addition to the literature...Alnasrawi's
book is a thorough study with reference to the literature and the
available data."-www.swans.com
"This is a welcome book by a well-established scholar who has spent
decades studying oil markets and OPEC in general, and Iraq in
particular....Important reading for understanding wars, sanctions,
and particularly the ruinous international neglect of a nation in
despair. Highly recommended. General readers and lower-division
undergraduates through professionals."-Choice
"[a] valuable contribution to literature on economic development,
the political economy of the Middle East, and the literature on the
history of geopolitics of oil. It provides a useful background to
Iraq prior to the second Persian Gulg War. It deserves to be widely
readby scholars and by citizens concerned about war, occupation,
and the new imperialism."-Journal and Review
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