Research Library

Emerging scholarship on economic and sustainable development in the Gulf is presented in this report, which is the result of a workshop in London organized by the Baker Institute and Chatham House. The work is part of a two-year project on "Building Pluralistic and Inclusive States Post-Arab Spring" funded by the Carnegie Corporation. 

By Kevin Erickson, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Vivian Ho, Jay Bhattacharya, and Glenn M. Chertow The authors investigate if dialysis facility consolidation was associated with patient mortality. They find that decreased market competition for these facilities may have led to increased mortality for patients in areas with very few dialysis centers. Read this article in Value in Health at: https://bit.ly/2LXmTUR.

Saudi Arabia recently ended its legal ban on women driving. The long-term consequences of this change on transportation, energy, labor, and health remain unclear, write fellows Farhan Majid and Jim Krane in an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle: https://bit.ly/2Lrqnja

The Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development (BUILD) Act, if passed by the Senate and signed into law, would encourage private investment in energy infrastructure in some of the most fragile countries, which would bolster U.S. national security, the authors write. Forbes blog: http://bit.ly/2JDenVW

Vladimir Putin's proposal of an OPEC-like energy alliance between the United States and Russia is not feasible, nonresident energy fellow Anna Mikulska writes. The Conversation: http://bit.ly/2uV3KbN

The author examines the seemingly conflicting policy outcomes that result from high unemployment and a large fiscal deficit in Saudi Arabia.

Three scholars from Gulf Cooperation Council countries offer fresh perspectives on economic inclusion and sustainable growth in Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

Public finance fellow John Diamond and Rice faculty scholar George Zodrow analyze the short- and long-term economic effects of a federal carbon tax in the United States.

Procedural reforms can further advance the development of start-ups in Bahrain, writes the author in this evaluation of the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem.

The author examines the key challenges and opportunities of integrating climate policies with Gulf Cooperation Council economic diversification strategies, particularly in Oman and the United Arab Emirates.