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The concern with economic growth, employment, and improving the well-being of society is now widespread. Governments pursue their objectives in different ways and achieve different degrees of success. We have already noted the importance of the political economy to such processes.
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Zahlan, A.B. (2012). Seeding the Arab World. In: Science, Development, and Sovereignty in the Arab World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137020987_7
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