How Long to Read The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 10 minutes to read The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula by Osama Abdul Rahman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book, first published in 1987 and by one of Saudi Arabia’s most distinguished academics, reviews the experience of the Arab oil producers in social, economic and political development in the key period of the Seventies and Eighties. It is broadly pessimistic about the prospects for future development and sceptical about past achievements. It argues that the ‘petro-bureaucracy’ in the Arabian Peninsula has failed to establish the basic principles of effective development because it has been mesmerised by the vast oil revenues it has attempted to administer. The book suggests that in many respects the oil revenues have obstructed serious development because they have made the Arabian economies totally dependent on one expendable resource and this has made them too vulnerable to external pressures and interests. Furthermore, the oil revenues have encouraged fantasy and wishful thinking which have skewed the development process and stimulated pseudo-development. The book makes clear that until the petro-bureaucracy adopts a realistic approach to development there can be no prospect of real development in the Arabian Peninsula.

How long is The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula?

The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula by Osama Abdul Rahman is 186 pages long, and a total of 47,616 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 58% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 20 minutes to read The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula?

The Dilemma of Development in the Arabian Peninsula is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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