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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: ME 101 Lecture #06: The Politics of Economic Reform
Description: ME 101 Lecture #06: The Politics of Economic Reform
by Rana Karadsheh-Haddad [Thursday, 24 September 2020]
After focusing on the geopolitical aspects of the region during the first six lectures, we will now turn to another important aspect, particularly for Singapore: The economic transformation being undertaken by many countries in the region, particularly the oil-producing ones. This effort has been underway for several years now, but has advanced in fits and starts, despite ambitious plans to diversify away from hydrocarbons, such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030. The Covid-19 pandemic and global oil price collapse have made matters worse, and hard-won gain...