Five programmes about the region between Egypt and Persia
3-Economic Change
An illustrated talk by John Marlowe author of several books on the Middle East Economic development is one of the central problems of the Middle East. Large parts of the area are desert and large parts of the population live in great poverty. In some of the countries the wealth derived from oil might provide capital for development, but not all the countries of the Middle East have oil. Mr. Marlowe, who has lived for many years in the Middle East, talks about some of these problems.