composition of business elites in the Middle East; the role of the private sector in orienting government policies; lobbying of … vs. Oligarchy: Business and Politics of Reform in Bahrain and Oman / Marc Valeri -- 3. Private Sector Actors in the UAE … and their Role in the Process of Economic and Political Reform / Khalid Almezaini -- 4. The Politics of Shi'i Merchants in …

production to market reform in Egypt / Myl(c)Łene Kherallah, Nicholas Minot, Peter Gruhn -- Price policy, irreversible investment …, and the scale of agricultural mechanization in Egypt / John Kerr -- Food security in Tunisia : trends and policy options … / Mohamed Abdelbasset Chemingui, S(c)Øebastien Dessus -- Micro-economic perspectives on Tunisia's agro-export strategy / Jeremy …