Middle East Annual Review

Front Matter....Pages N1-12
Politics-America and the search for Middle East peace....Pages 13-24
Development-Industrial ambitions of Middle East oil producers....Pages 25-34
Oil-return to another crisis?....Pages 35-42
Commercial Regulations applying in Arabian Peninsula oil states....Pages 43-58
The Boycott-new American legislation....Pages 59-68
Joint Trade Commissions-little help to the exporter....Pages 69-74
Heavy Industry-steel, aluminium, cement and vehicle assembly....Pages 75-80
Light Manufacturing-opportunities for small scale technologies....Pages 81-86
Petrochemicals, Refining and Gas Exports-problems with costs and marketing....Pages 87-90
Desalination and Electricity Generation-problems in expanding capacity....Pages 91-94
Roads-current development projects....Pages 95-97
Ports-current development projects....Pages 98-99
Airports-current development projects....Pages 100-102
Housing-current development projects....Pages 103-104
Hospitals-current development projects....Pages 105-108
Airlines-current capacities....Pages 109-111
Shipping-beginning of pan-Arab operations....Pages 113-117
Imported Services-expansion of markets since' 73....Pages 118-122
Inter-Arab Investment-predominance of Kuwaiti money....Pages 123-127
Banking-growth of inter-Gulf operations....Pages 128-140
Front Matter....Pages 139-140
Afghanistan....Pages 141-148
Algeria....Pages 149-158
Bahrain....Pages 159-178
Cyprus....Pages 179-186
Egypt....Pages 187-202
Iran....Pages 203-214
Iraq....Pages 215-224
Jordan....Pages 225-232
Kuwait....Pages 233-250
Lebanon....Pages 251-258
Libya....Pages 259-264
Mauritania....Pages 265-270
Morocco....Pages 271-277
Pakistan....Pages 278-292
Qatar....Pages 293-298
Saudi Arabia....Pages 299-310
Somalia....Pages 311-342
Sudan....Pages 343-356
Syria....Pages 357-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-378
Tunisia....Pages 139-140
Turkey....Pages 379-384
United Arab Emirates....Pages 385-390
Yemen....Pages 391-418
Pdr Yemen....Pages 419-423
....Pages 424-429