01575cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000401 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451850710 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Bisat, Amer. Growth, Investment, and Savings in the Arab Economies / Amer Bisat. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1997. 1 online resource (36 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Sustaining a high rate of economic growth is the major policy issue facing the Arab economies. A detailed analysis of growth, investment, and savings for the period 1971-96, including through a growth accounting exercise, shows that increasing long-run growth requires improvements in both investment and domestic savings. In the past, the Arab region's growth was overly reliant on volatile external sources of funding, and total factor productivity growth was too low. The paper discusses the policy priorities to overcome the legacy of poor growth. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1997/085 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1997/085/001.1997.issue-085-en.xml IMF e-Library