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Banking and Financial Systems in the Arab World »

Authors: Philip Molyneux, Munawar Iqbal
ISBN-13: 9781403941312, ISBN-10: 1403941319
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Philip Molyneux

Philip Molyneux is Professor in Banking and Finance, and Director of the Institute of European Finance at the University of Wales, Bangor.

Munawar Iqbal is Chief of Research in Islamic Banking and Finance at the Islamic Development Bank, Jeddah.

Book Synopsis

This book provides state-of-the art analysis of banking and financial systems in the Arab world. The early chapters present an overview of Arab economies linking banking and financial sector trends in the Arab world over the last twenty years. The rest of the work examines in detail the financial systems of the major Arab countries, focusing on banking sector and capital market developments.

1	Introduction	1
2	An overview of Arabian economies	8
3	Economic performance of Arabian countries during the 1990s	43
4	Banking and financial systems in non-Gulf Arab countries	74
5	Banking and financial systems in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries	113
6	Islamic banking	146
7	Financial system efficiency	174
8	Efficiency in Arab banking	217
9	Current developments and prospects for Arab banks	256