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Economic Growth in the Middle East
SS7E7 The Student will describe factors that influence economic growth and
examine their presence or absence in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Iran
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What are the factors that influence a country’s economic growth?
• SS7E7– A. Explain the relationship between investment in
human capital (education and training) and gross domestic product (GDP).
• Human capital: the knowledge and skills that make it possible for workers to earn a living producing goods and services.
• Gross Domestic Product (GDP): is determined by taking the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a single year.
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What are the factors that influence a country’s economic growth?
• SS7E7– B. Explain the relationship between investment in
capital (factories, machinery, technology) and gross domestic product (GDP).
• Capital goods: the factories, machines, and technology that people use to make other goods
– Being able to produce more goods for sale in a quicker and more efficient way leads to economic growth and greater profit.
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What are the factors that influence a country’s economic growth?
• SS7E7– C. Explain the role of oil in these countries’
economies.• Natural resources are the raw materials a country has
that make the production of goods possible.– Oil is one of the most important and valuable natural
resources in the Middle East.
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What are the factors that influence a country’s economic growth?
• SS7E7– D. Describe the role of entrepreneurship.
• Entrepreneurs: creative, original thinkers who are willing to take risks to create new businesses and products.
– Willing to risk their own money to produce these new goods and services in the hope that they will earn a profit
– Only about 50% of all new businesses are still operating three years after they begin
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Iran:Factors of
Economic Growth
Human Capital and GDPSS7E7 a
Capital Goods and GDP
SS7E7 b
Role of OilSS7E7 c
EntrepreneursSS7E7 d
• Small but growing number of entrepreneurs
• Iran is not very open to entrepreneurship
• highly centralized and regulations make it difficult for individual to open, operate, and close businesses
• little protection of private property rights.
• 5th Largest Producer of oil• Led to advanced technology• Highly regarded schools and
universities• Educated workers available for
industries
• Great investments in oil production, technology, and communication
• Spent great deal of money on defense technology.
• Most valuable resource: oil• 85% of country's wealth comes
from oil• Member of OPEC• Has rich farmland and access to
water for irrigation
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Israel:Factors of Economic
Growth
What to produce?
For whom to produce?
• Access to education • Economy that depends on technology
industries • Many work in industries: medical
technology, agricultural technology, mining, and electronics.
• GDP is very high
• Invested heavily in capital goods• Depends on technology, industrial
production, and advanced communication systems.
• Has also invested heavily in the defense industry.
• Few natural resources practically no oil at all.
• world price of oil has a huge impact on the Israeli economy.
• Israel’s economy depends more on technology than on the development of natural resources
Human Capital and GDPSS7E7 a
Capital Goods and GDP
SS7E7 b
Role of OilSS7E7 c Entrepreneurs
SS7E7 d
• Moderately open to entrepreneurship.
• Relatively easy to start a business, but it takes longer than the world average to start it up.
• Private property rights are well protected by law.
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Saudi Arabia:Factors of Economic
Growth
What to produce?
For whom to produce?
• main industry is oil and petroleum products.
• The technology involved in the oil industry is complicated and requires a well-trained and educated labor force.
• Saudi Arabia also has modern communication and transportations
• The GDP is high.
• Saudi Arabia has invested heavily in capital goods
• Especially the technology related to oil production, transportation, and communication.
• Has very few natural resources, but have plenty of oil.
• Oil production: majority of economic wealth.
• Has become very influential in the world economy as a member of OPEC.
• Allows the country to modernize agriculture, spending billions of dollars on irrigation and desalination technology.
• Saudi Arabia has gone from being a “desert kingdom” to a modern nation in less than 100 years.
Human Capital and GDPSS7E7 a
Capital Goods and GDP
SS7E7 b
Role of Oil SS7E7 c
EntrepreneursSS7E7 d
• Saudi Arabia is increasingly open to entrepreneurship.
• The government makes opening, operating and closing a business easy compared to the world average.
• There is good protection of private property rights.