CGBP Volume 1

28 May, 2016
Mohsen Bahmani-Oskooee
Sahar Bahmani

The Rial-Dollar Exchange Rate and Purchasing Power Parity Theory

Abstract Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Iranian currency has depreciated from 70 rials per dollar to as low as some 36000 rials per dollar.

28 May, 2016
Alf. H. Walle

Ethnicity in the Middle East and Neighboring Regions: Developing Appropriate Economic Strategies and Policies

Abstract Indigenous people and ethnic minorities face economic and social pressures that potentially disturb the social order, undercut cooperation, and spawn distrust.

28 May, 2016
Nader H. Asgary

Role of Institutions in Sustainable and Socially Equitable Development

Abstract The objective of this brief communication is to start a conversation about the critical role that institutions play in sustainable development and how each of us as can assist with the …