Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This paper investigates the economic costs of conflict and wars in the Middle East.By providing an overall view of the region as well as using narrative-based country-case studies of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait 1990-1991 and US invasion of Iraq in 2003 this paper has found out that these conflicts resulted in weakened financial systems, lower levels of GDP per capita and higher inflation.These conflicts have also had significant consequences in terms of population loss, debilitated education and great damages to production capacity.Furthermore, as this paper wants to provide with an overall view of parts of the region, the economic impact on neighbouring countries have been presented and the results demonstrate that they vary and differ in comparison to the countries that were directly involved in the conflicts.
Author: Beriwan Dadvar
Institution: Lund University
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2137189927