Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Lure of Development Models -- Part One. The Chinese Model and its Global Reception -- Chapter 1 A China Model or Just a Broken Mould? -- Chapter 2 Latin America's View of China: Interest, but Scepticism -- Chapter 3 The China Model in Africa: A New...

Arab agriculture is suffering from the interrelated problems of a growing food deficit and severe environmental degradation. Focusing on Iraqi agriculture and agricultural policy the author argues that for Iraq, as for many other Arab countries, resolution of the two-fold crisis must be with an...

« Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to substantially improve citizens’ lives. Whether this economic inertia can be overcome or will continue into the indefinite future is a vital...

Die Umgestaltung des Agrarsektors in Irak nach dem Machtwechsel 1979 wird als Teil einer allgemeinen wirtschaftlichen Liberalisierung ("infitah"), deren Ziel (und Grenze) die Konsolidierung der politischen Elite ist, dargestellt. (DÜI-Hns)