Role of Aramco in Saudi Arabian development: a case study of dependent development

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6979222

Rawls, L W

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate whether the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has proceeded along the path toward development while in a dependent relationship with the Arabian American Oil Company, Aramco. Development in a given country is defined as the process by which the living standards of the people who live in that country are raised. That process includes the development of physical and human infrastructure, economic growth, distribution of resources, and the maturation of society (including its ability to weather crisis, whether it be social or economic). Though it is by no means exhaustive on the subject of development in Saudi Arabia, this study focuses on Aramco's involvement in the socio-economic elements of development in Saudi Arabia, as these are the direct impacts of development upon which the Saudi five-year development plans focus. Employing the theoretical framework of dependent development as adapted by Timothy Luke to the OPEC countries' development experience in the international energy regime, this study serves in part as an in-depth case study of Luke's thesis.

• Research Organization: South Carolina Univ., Columbia (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6979222
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COOPERATION
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
INDUSTRY
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
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STANDARD OF LIVING