Oil Wealth: Middle East Spending and Investment Patterns

by Percival, John

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Book desription: London, England, U.K: Financial Times, 1975. Paper Covers. Very Good. 8 1/4" X 11 3/4. This study, published in May 1975 by the Financial Times of London, has two basic aims: to show what happened to the great wealth that had been shifted from the oil consuming countries to the oil exporting countries after the oil price increases of October 1973 and January 1974, and what patterns were emerging for the future; and to serve as a business handbook to the countries around the Persian Gulf where the great bulk of the wealth had accrued; Part I looks at the global picture, sites the overwhelming imortance of the Gulf littoral countries, and considers their attitude to the developing world; Part II gives a country-by-country survey and looks at inter-regional finance within the Muslim world; Part III gathers together an external picture of overall spending by the Gulf area countries on aid, armaments, development, and investment; Part IV offers conclusions (spiral-bound with blue, red, and white paper covers, front cover with oil map of the Middle East, some shelf and edge wear, otherwise a good, clean copy)

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