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Buried in the Gulf crisis is a major development likely to reshape international relations as well as power dynamics in the Middle East: the coming out of small states capable of punching far above their weight with Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, a driver of the crisis, locked into an epic...
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of the Syrian conflict on economic and social outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. It combines a large number of data …
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The Iraq Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the previous six months and … presents findings from recent World Bank work on Iraq, placing them in a longer-term and global context and assessing the … implications of these developments and other changes in policy regarding the outlook for Iraq. Its coverage ranges from the macro …
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Iraq's overall security situation has notably improved after the defeat of ISIS, but significant challenges lie ahead …. Iraq has witnessed major political and security transitions in 2017 when Prime Minister Al-Abadi announced in December the … victory over ISIS after a war that lasted three years. The defeat of ISIS in Iraq left the government with the daunting tasks …
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As a region, the Mashreq has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade. The region has braved massive economic and social shocks that would challenge even the most advanced economies in the world. The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic has...
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Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Key Messages -- Overview -- Analytical strategy -- The nature of the impact -- The preconditions of the fallout -- Looking ahead: A tale of two futures -- Notes -- References -- 1. Prelude -- Mashreq: A timeline retrospective --...
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Using retrospective survey data that covers 1939, 1950, 1960, and 1971, I compare individual-level changes in employment industry and occupational status in Germany from the beginning of World War II to the post-war reconstruction era dubbed the Economic Miracle (Wirtschaftswunder). This...
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