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    • The Arab world in the 1980s: Macro-politics and economic change 

      Choucri, Nazli (© Middle East Studies Association of North America, 1982-04-30)
      The events of the early 1970's -- preceded by gradual changes which culminated in the war of 1973 and the oil price increases of October that year -- created realities that cannot be comprehended through conventional ...
    • Migration in the Middle East: Transformation and change 

      Choucri, Nazli; Brecke, P. (© American Academic Association for Peace in the Middle East, 1984)
      The large-scale international movement of manpower is one of the most dramatic effects of the oil price increase and related events of 1973. The issues raised by migration in the Middle East have not received the attention ...
    • The hidden economy: A new view of remittances in the Arab world 

      Choucri, Nazli (© Elsevier B.V., 1986)
      The hidden economy is set in place by the large-scale migration of labor in search of employment outside national boundaries. Remitted earnings, channeled largely through informal mechanisms, have generated a network of ...