The GCC economies : stepping up to future challenges / Mohamed A. Ramady, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.

Part 1. Regional Structural Reforms and Engines of Change -- Working for a Sustainable GCC Future: Reflections on Policies and Practices / Nabil Sultan -- Deepening the GCC Debt Markets: The Saudi Arabian Experience / Abraham Abraham and Fazal J. Seyyed -- GCC Economic Integration: Statistical Harmonization for an Effective Monetary Union / Ikhlaas Gurrib -- E-Learning in the Arab Gulf: Responding to the Changing World of Education / Nabil Sultan, Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Christopher Davidson, Alain Sentini and David Weir.

Part 2. Sustainable Security: Oil, Renewable Energy and Food -- Energy Security in the EU from GCC Perspective / Mohammed Al-Sahlawi -- Going Nuclear in the GCC Countries: Rationale, Challenges, and Politics / Ashutosh Sharma, Nabil Sultan and David Weir -- Meeting the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Challenges in GCC Economies: Masdar Initiative Case Study / Toufic Mezher and Jacob Park -- Food Security in the GCC Economies / Andy Spiess.

Part 3. Regional Risk, Global Competitiveness and Economic Diversification -- GCC Country Risk Analysis / Hassan Mounir El Sady and Hassan Mounir El Sady -- Macroeconomic Competitiveness of the GCC Economies / Ahmed A.A. Khalifa -- The GCC Intellectual Property Regimes: Global Harmonization or Regional Integration? / David Price -- Economic Diversification in Saudi Arabia: The Need for Improving Competitiveness for Sustainable Development / M. Sadiq Sohail -- Successful Outward Foreign Direct Investment: Saudi Lessons and Recommendations / Marwan N. Al Qur'an -- Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia: A Competitiveness Analysis / Mohammad Hanif Akhtar.

Part 4. Corporate Governance, Transparency and Private Sector Operating Environment -- Corporate Disclosure and Reporting Practices in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries / Haider Madani -- Corporate Governance Regulation: The Experience of Saudi Arabia / Nadia Anani -- An Analysis of Entrepreneurship Characteristics in Saudi Arabia / Hazbo Skoko -- The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Motivation Among Women: A Comparative Study of Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain / Muhammad A. Sadi and Basheer M. Al-Ghazali -- Influencing Factors Model of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Saudi Arabian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) / Hazbo Skoko.

Part 5. Investing Surplus Wealth: GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF's) -- GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds: Challenges, Opportunities, and Issues Arising from Their Growing Presence on the Global Landscape / Ruth Rios-Morales, Mohamed A. Ramady and Louis Brennan -- The Misconceptions Regarding the GCC Sovereign Wealth Funds / Behzad Shahandeh -- The Governance of Sovereign Wealth Funds from the GCC in an International Perspective / Sven Behrendt -- Putting Sovereign Wealth Funds to Good Use: Strategic Options for SWFs in the GCC Region / Mohammed Salisu and Nahed Taher.