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12 - Has the UAE Escaped the Oil Curse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2016

Ibrahim Elbadawi  and
Hoda Selim
By
Raimundo Soto  and
Ilham Haouas
Ibrahim Elbadawi
Affiliation:
Dubai Economic Council and Economic Research Forum (ERF), Egypt
Hoda Selim
Affiliation:
Economic Research Forum (ERF), Egypt
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Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab Economies , pp. 373 - 420
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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