The four volumes in this major research collection address the key economic issues which affect the future development and diversification of the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), namely Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and Oman.

VOLUME ONE Introduction: The Gulf Region in the Global Economic Context                   Richard Youngs 1.     The Gulf in the New World Order: A Forgotten Emerging Power?                                                                                             Richard Youngs 2.     The Gulf Takes Charge: The GCC in the MENA Region                               Edward Burke and Sara Bazoobandi 3.     ‘One Blood and One Destiny’?: Yemen and the Gulf                                       Edward Burke 4.      Change or Continuity? US Policy towards the Gulf States and Its Implications for EU Policy                                                                          Ana Echague 5.     The Emerging and the Difficult Road towards Asia-Gulf Transregionalism: Motivations and Future Challenges                                      John Sasuya 6.      GCC Integration with International Trade Mechanisms                               Natalia Alshakhanbeh 7.     Visa Policies between the EU and the GCC: A Barrier to Reinforcing Interregional Cooperation                                                           Anaïs Faure Atger and Elspeth Guild About the Contributors   VOLUME TWO                                                                                               Introduction                                                                                                        1.     Conceptual Problems of Measuring Economic Diversification, as Applied to the GCC Economies                                                                        Jörg Beutel 2.     Saudi Arabia’s Economic Diversification: Progress and Challenges in the Context of the GCC                                                                   Ali Aissaoui 3.     Domestic Pricing of Energy and Industrial Competitiveness                                   Giacomo Luciani 4.     Public Industry as Tool of Rentier Economy Diversification:The GCC Case                                                                                                     Steffen Hertog 5.     GCC Industrial Development                                                                               Hans-Georg Mueller 6.     GCC Refining and Petrochemical Sectors in Global Perspective                             Giacomo Luciani 7.     The GCC Aluminum Industry –The Development of Aluminum Production Capacity in the Middle East                                                          Halvor Kvande 8.     Logistics and Economic Development in the GCC                                           Eckart Woertz 9.     The Potential Impact of an EU-GCC FTA: A Benchmarking Exercise              Selen Sarisoy Guerin and Consuelo Pacchioli References                                                                                                     List of Contributors Index of Names   VOLUME THREE Introduction                                                                                                    Eckart Woertz 1.      Future Direction of the GCC Financial Sector – a Specific Look at Banking and Asset Management                                                     Mandagolathur Raghu 2.      Do GCC Stock Markets Support Their Domestic Economies: An Analytical Overview                                                                               Randa Alami 3.      GCC Bond Markets                                                                                     Michael P. Grifferty 4.      Prospects of the Banking and Finance Sector and the Development of Financial Centers                                                                                          Eckart Woertz 5.     The Determinants of Capital Structure Choice: the Case of GCC Listed Companies.                                                                            Lamia A. Obay 6.      Repercussions of Dubai’s Debt Crisis                                                        Eckart Woertz 7.     The Impact of Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Development on Economic Growth in GCC Countries                                                  Elias El-Achkar and Wassim Shahin  8.      The Establishment of a Monetary Union among the Member States of the Gulf Cooperation Council                                                                     Erwin Nierop and Gabriela Lippe-Holst 9.      Approaches to Islamic Banking in the Gulf                                                     Rodney Wilson 10.  Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds in International Comparison                          Eckart Woertz 11.  How Competitive are Gulf Economies?                                                          Kenneth Wilson About the Contributors                                                                                       VOLUME FOUR Introduction                                                                                                    Ste!en Hertog 1.      Minimum Wages in Gulf States – An Economic Analysis                            Eberhard Feess 2.      A Comparative Assessment of Labor Market Nationalization Policies in the GCC                                                                                      Ste!en Hertog 3.      Labor Market Politics in Bahrain                                                              Hasan Tariq AlHasan 4.      External Influences on GCC Labor Market Policies                                 N. Janardhan 5.      Gulf Women’s Participation in the Labor Market: Paid Labor, Care and Social Protection in Patriarchal Systems                                    Diane Zovighian 6.      GCC Demography and Immigration: Challenges and Policies                 Philippe Fargues and Imco Brouwer 7.      Higher Education in the GCC States: Reforms and Regulations             Abdulrahman M. Abouammoh About the Contributors