James E. Rauch|Scott Kostyshak
The Three Arab Worlds
National Bureau of Economic Research|University of California, San Diego|Princeton University
given attention currently focused arab world part result adjustments us foreign policy fresh look arab socioeconomic performance order arab world defined language rather ethnicity league arab states formed 1945 consists countries dialect arabic spoken language majority useful compare human development diversity arab world latin america another vast geographic area defined language culture strategy article therefore disaggregate arab world arab subsaharan africa arab fuelendowed economies remainder call arab mediterranean compare three arab worlds nonarab subsaharan africa nonarab fuel endowed economies rest nonarab world evaluate arab socioeconomic progress 1970 close present data allow