由北京大学亚非研究所部分教师参加撰写、张俊彦教授主编的《变化中的中东经济》一书最近已由北京大学出版社出版发行,这是继《中东国家经济发展战略研究》之后推出的又一部研究中东经济的学术专著,可以说是前书的姊妹篇。中东地区盛产石油,石油出口量占世界石油出口量的40％以上,对世界的能源供应关系极大,因而对世界经济有着重大影响。70年代以后,这个地区的产油国收回了石油主权,石油收入大幅度增加,从而带动了这个地区各国经济的发展。然而80年代初期以后,由于石油价格下跌及其它一些因 Written by some teachers from the Asia-Africa Institute of Peking University, the book entitled “The Changing Middle East Economy”, edited by Professor Zhang Junshu, was recently published by Peking University Press, following the publication of “Studies in the Strategy of Economic Development in the Middle East” Another academic monograph on the economy of the Middle East can be said to be a companion to the previous book. Middle East rich in oil, oil exports accounted for more than 40% of world oil exports, the world’s energy supply is very significant, and thus have a significant impact on the world economy. Since the 1970s, the oil-producing countries in this region have recovered their oil sovereignty and their oil revenues have risen sharply, thus boosting the economic development of all countries in the region. However, since the early 1980s, due to falling oil prices and other causes