• Resource allocation

Resource allocation

Knowledge has always been at the heart of economic growth. It is disseminated through education, research and development, the mass media and the translation industry. In Arab countries there has
been a widespread impression that there is a low level of translation activities, which in turn has led to a low output of the translation industry in those countries. This paper seeks to address this issue.

The author's main objectives are to:

• describe the economic performance of the Arabic book translation industry in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Syria
• understand empirically the economic performance of the industry, focusing on qualitatively
  analysing the major determinants affecting its growth process
• provide policy makers and business leaders in the Arab region with theoretically sound,  evidence-based advice.

The overall results suggest that the Arabic book translation industry in these countries has not yet achieved the level of development of other developing and developed countries. Underperformance of the sector is
attributable to, among other factors, severe coordination failures.

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