I have not read the report, but from what one critic says, it leaves out capital flight and the role of structural adjustment cum market forces in the allocation of resources. in other words what it says is: because Arabs are socially backwards they do not develop, so once they start being nice to their women and children, they will be better off. the fact that a few people take their money and buy American tbills or stocks with it, seems irrelevant. another methodological point was that this report mixes oil producers with non oil producers. not all Arabs are the same some are donors and some are beggars. so again, according to that critic, whatever broad stroke results about the Arab world must be treated with caution if not disdain and contempt.
--- Ian Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From the Atlantic to the Gulf, people--women, men > and > children--are the real wealth and hope of Arab > countries. Policies > for development and growth in the Arab region must > focus on > freeing people from deprivation, in all its forms, > and expanding > their choices. Over the last five decades, > remarkable progress has > been achieved in advancing human development and > reducing poverty. > However, much still needs to be done to address the > backlog of > deprivation and imbalance. > > Looking forward, much also needs to be done in order > to empower > the people of the Arab region to participate fully > in the world of > the twenty-first century. Globalization and > accelerating > technological advances have opened doors to > unprecedented > opportunities, but they have also posed a new risk: > that of being > left behind as the rate of change accelerates, often > outpacing > state capacity. Development is being reinvented by > new markets > (e.g., foreign exchange and capital markets), new > tools (e.g., the > Internet and cellular phones), new actors (e.g., > non-governmental > organizations, the European Union and World Trade > Organization) > and new rules (e.g., multilateral agreements on > trade, services > and intellectual > property).............................. > > Full report at: > > http://www.undp.org/rbas/ahdr/english.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com
