petro populism and reform, 1997-2011 -- 4. Iran's free trade zones: Back doors to the international economy? -- 5. The role … of government in the Iranian banking system, 2001-11 -- 6. The development of Iran's auto industry in a comparative … perspective -- 7. The Iranian economy in the shadow of sanctions -- 8. Wage discrimination against women in Iran -- Index. …

reasons for lackluster development. In Iran Auto: Building a Global Industry in an Islamic State, Darius Mehri shows how this … characterization is misguided. Today, Iran has one of the world's largest automobile industries with national technical capacity …. Previous studies ignore the consequences of three decades of Iran's capacity for successful industrialization and changes in …