SPRING 2013 Under the Supervision of: Dr. Louis Hobeika International Economics - ECN 431 PROJECT: Role of the Middle Class in shaping economic development in MENA? Identify it? Impact of urbanization‚ trade and the balance between transition and modernity Submitted by: Stephanie Boustany Zahi Chammaa Christian Chbeir Mark Hourany David Naccour Abstract The "middle class" is an elusive concept. And it is likely to be‚ in common speech‚ even perhaps in the political discourse
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Arabization The concept of Arabization : Arabization is used in the literature in four different senses: 1) It could be used to mean borrowing foreign words without changing them like أكسجين and نانو. These words are described as دخيلة . Sometimes these words are adapted to the phonological and morphological systems of Arabic; e.g.‚ تلفزيون and they are described as معربة. (linguistic dimension) 2) It could be used to mean translating from other languages into Arabic. In this sense‚ Arabization
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How significant was the presence of foreign powers as an influence on the nature and growth of Arab nationalism in the years 1900-2001? During the years 1900-2001 a number of significant interventions occurred which affected the growth and nature of Arab nationalism. Several key pressures considerably influenced a change in the nature of nationalism; including‚ economic levers‚ agreements and military presenses in the Middle East. Arab nationalism arose out of the fear of the possibility and later
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The British Government’s Principal Motives for Issuing the Balfour Declaration. Introduction Passed in 1917‚ the Balfour Declaration promised European Jewry a national home in Palestine. Though perceived by some as the first major step taken in creating the state of Israel‚ the Balfour Declaration was much more than the product of Zionist lobbying and sympathies from British politicians. While Zionism gained influence in British circles‚ the notion of a Jewish state was not the primary inspiration
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Arab Spring’s Effect on Region’s Society “Why does every nation on Earth move to change their conditions except for us? Why do we always submit to the batons of the rulers and their repression? How long will Arabs wait for foreign saviors?" said Faisal al-Qassem (Mark Lynch). Many Middle Easterners were tired of waiting for something to happen. To them‚ every year was just another pass time for talking‚ debating‚ and absolutely no action; however it took the courage of one man to start something
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Report on Business Culture in Saudi Arabia Executive summary: With the globalization of world business‚ Saudi Arabia has become an appealing market for foreign investors. But there has long been belief that the market of Saudi Arabia is difficult to develop and the culture there is inconsistent with the world. The problem of cross-cultural management arises as the cooperation between Saudi Arabia and its world partners continue to increase at an unprecedented rate. This paper analyses commercial
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The Arabs and the Latinos Introduction This paper is an in depth cross cultural analysis between two races and cultures of people that share the bounty of nature and planet earth. As we look at the different groups of people on this planet‚ we would be surprised to find out sets of commonalities and differences. These factors give us the idea that each group of people must have come from an ethnic orientation before human civilization crept in. It is truly interesting to delve on a study such
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development: an empirical investigation Acemoglu‚ D.‚ Johnson‚ S.‚ Robinson‚ J.A.‚ 2002. Reversal of fortune: geography and institutions in the making of the modern world income distribution Econ. 117‚ 1231–1294. Adoni‚ L.‚ Jillian‚ J.‚ 1996. Bread riots in Jordan. Middle East Report No. 201‚ pp. 40– 42. Akresh‚ R.‚ de Walque‚ D.‚ 2008. Armed conflict and schooling: evidence from the 1994 Rwandan Genocide Angrist‚ J.D.‚ Krueger‚ A.B.‚ 2001. Instrumental variables and the search for identification: from supply
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The Mezzanine is a remarkable text about the mundane made amazing. Baker created a narrative told from the prospect of Howie‚ a man with no truly remarkable features‚ in a world of the usual as he simply goes about his day. However‚ it is through Howie’s thought processes that a comedic masterpiece of literary work emerges. He thinks of the everyday task which we all must face with such description and emotion that it becomes compelling. As Saltzman illustrates‚ it is this mundanity that gives urgency
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management concept‚ individual just deals with his “ work” and just care about his “responsibility”. In the baker’s view‚ the responsibility of each individual should be relates to whole organization and whole system. 2. You have heard me describe the “Baker Model” as follows: Assumptions drive structure‚ structure drives behavior‚ and behavior drives results. A. What are the assumptions‚ structures‚ behaviors‚ and results that will likely follow from a MBO (Management By Objective) type of management
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