Economy of the Region (Asia and Middle East).d

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A major source of wealth in the MENA region is
Major Religion in the region is
MENA is an acronym for
LDCs is an acronym for
OECD is an acronym for
… means simply the increase over time in total output in the economy
The process of unbalanced sectoral growth just characterized is Called…
IMF is an acronym for
GDP is an acronym for
The inflow of … also has important direct political consequences in the middle east.
…issues are particularly important for the countries of the Middle East and North Africa because, with the obvious exception of oil, the region is relatively poor in natural resources.
Most notably, the decline in the region’s infant mortality rates from…was the fastest of any region in the world
Only in Israel, Jordan, and Palestine can more than … of adults read and write.
More than … of adults are literate in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, and Turkey
More than … are literate in Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, and the UAE
In Yemen, for example, urban literacy in 1996 was …
UNDP is an acronym for
UNESCO is an acronym for
UNICEF is an acronym for
The six-hundred-year-old Ottoman Empire and the Islamic caliphate were ended in …
… population growth in the region accelerated, as falling death rates outpaced (relatively modest) declines in fertility.
Population forecasting is fraught with difficulties, but even optimistic demographers project the regional population to be 562 million by
In …the rate of population growth in the region, at 2.64% per year, was the second highest of the major cultural-economic regions of the world.
During 1970–1980 the growth rate rose to 2.8% and then to …for 1980–1992
In the late 1980s, Population growth reached a peak and began decelerating to 2.2% during what year?
TFR is an acronym for
The socioeconomic status of women is crucial to
…both want to have fewer children and are more likely to use birth control to achieve their desired family size
…has the highest fertility rate in Europe
The OECD is an acronym for
One of the principles flowing out of the Western liberal tradition is
Another principle flowing out of the Western liberal tradition is
…is the referred to as the father of the Turks
Who built a secular, republican, nationalist system in Anatolia.
One of Atatürk’s contemporaries is
… of Tunisia lead their countries to independence
In April …Atatürk issued a manifesto containing six principles that were to be embodied in the 1937 Constitution of the Republic.
Signing of the Treaty of Lausanne between Turkey and the major war victors was in what year?
Turkey signed a treaty of friendship with the USSR in …
Turkey negotiated a historic interest-free twenty-year loan from the Soviet Union for the equivalent of US$8 million
…refers not only to a type of government but also to ideology, the rules of the game, and the structuring of the polity in a given nation.
…is a profound structural change in all forms of political activity.
… may be revolutionary
Example of regime change is from a monarchical to a republican regime in …
Regime change is from Pahlavi dynastic rule to the Islamic republic in …in 1979.
Turkey moved between 1946 and 1950 from a single-party, authoritarian regime to …with openly contested elections.
Hinnebusch (1985) characterized the Nasserist regime as the
Waterbury (1983) argued that the death of Nasser in … in itself signalled the end of a regime and necessarily set the stage for a new one
Egypt, Syria, Iraq, North Yemen, the Sudan, Tunisia, and Algeria all replicated to some extent the …
The interwar experience of …set the main themes and gave them real meaning in the construction of the Turkish polity
The formation of the United Arab Republic under Nasser, when Egypt and Syria merged for three years. This three was between
Nasser’s reforming military regime coexisted uneasily with a Syrian polity still dominated by wealthy merchants and landlords, and the system collapsed when Syria withdrew in September …
GCC is an acronym for
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), formed in …
Arab Maghreb Union was formed in …
… countries in MENA have joined the WTO
… others are in various stages of application of joining WTO
Major oil-exporting countries spent most of their increased incomes between …on their own internal-investment projects.
Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, was founded in
AAAID is an acronym for
According to the … sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
…is a precondition for sustainable economic growth
The term … economics may include the use and depletion of non-renewable resources, may refer to environmental economics
… have to take into account the degradation of the environment
Economic performance may be assessed through measurements of…
… calculation ignores income distribution, quality of life and the environmental costs of economic growth
China’s economic growth has been mainly due to its
The structural changes of the economy in the various economic sectors have also affected their contribution towards any increases in the
… implies quantitative increases in output
In recent times, it can be said that Chinese policies are now able to change towards a
China has evolved over the last …into the world’s biggest economy
China decentralized the allocation of resources during the…
China’s economic reforms of …reorganized the farming sector
China has entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) in
The Chinese 12th Five-Year Plan aimed at
There are …areas addressed by the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016–2020)
The Chinese 12th Five-Year Plan also aimed to align more closely increases in …with the marginal productivity of labour.
The 12th Five-Year Plan also envisioned a change to the … residential registration system to allow benefits to be portable
Differences in income between Asian nations may be explained largely by differences in
ASEAN is an acronym for