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1.Introduction. - 2.The Food Security Status of Arab Countries. - 3.The Evolution of Food Security Strategies in the Arab World. - 4.Causes of the Global Food Crisis and Its Impact on the Arab World. - 5.The Arab Response to the Global Food Crisis. - 6.Land Acquisition Overseas. - 7.Policies for Arab Integration into Global Food Markets and Arab Domestic Agriculture. - 8.Reforming Social Safety Nets. - 9.Conclusion

Since 2007-08 the global economy has faced two global food price crises, placing the issue of food security firmly back on national and international agendas. In this thought-provoking and persuasively argued book, Jane Harrigan, Professor of Economics at SOAS, examines the impact of the food price hikes on the Arab region and illuminates the linkages between the food price crisis, the Arab Spring, and the growing practice of foreign land acquisition. This book provides a political economy analysis of the history of food security in the Arab world, including the geopolitics of food and its use as a foreign policy tool by the Western world. It contains an in-depth examination of the role played by the global food crisis of 2007-11 as a trigger factor in the Arab Spring. The responses of the governments of the Arab states to these events are presented using the concept of food sovereignty, defined by the author as power and control over food supplies in ways that often violate economic and market forces. The recent push for food sovereignty has involved both a new drive to increase domestic Arab food production and land acquisition overseas -- the so-called land grab phenomenon. Both of these dynamics are analysed in depth from a political and an economic perspective, including a detailed study of Saudi Arabia. The Political Economy of Arab Food Sovereignty presents the first comprehensive study of the interplay between food politics and power in the Arab region, making it indispensable reading for all those interested in the political economy of the Arab world and food security.

This book provides an analysis of the external and internal linkages that have for decades impeded economic and political reforms in the Arab world, and presents a framework that enables policy makers and practitioners to better understand, identify and deal with the root causes of terrorism

This paper provides an historical overview of aid flows to North Africa. It assesses the aid allocation process and argues that past aid flows to the region have been heavily influenced by donor political interests. This has reduced the effectiveness of aid which, with the exception of Tunisia, has not been associated with sustained economic growth. The Arab Spring provides an opportunity to reappraise aid flows to North Africa and it is argued that future flows need to support the democratization process, generate pro-poor growth, support social safety nets and address the pressing issues of widening inequalities and unemployment.

This article analyses the positive and negative effects of IMF stabilization programmes and World Bank structural adjustment politics on the accountability of public expenditure management in Jamaica in the period 1980-1992. Particular attention is given to the negative accountability effects of IMF budget deficit reduction targets imposed on a government uncommitted to meeting such targets. (DSE/DÜI)