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Middle East Banking in the 20th Century

Developing the Academic Study of Middle East Banking

The academic study of Middle East banking has developed alongside the institutions with which it is concerned. The German-language monograph Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens (The Importance of the Banking System in Syria's Economic Growth Process) by Ahmad Talaat Said is an exemplar of contemporary studies of banking and the latter's impacts on economy in the Middle East. Said approaches the study of banking from historiographical, sociological and economic perspectives.


In these images, Said offers fellow scholars essential data in the form of the central bank's balance sheet. He also zooms in on commercial banks and their contribution to Syria's economic development.

Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens

"The role of the banking system in Syria’s economic growth process." Ahmad Talaat Said, 1972.

Entwicklung der Bilanz der Zentralbank in Mill. SP

p. 48, "Development of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet (in millions of Syrian pounds)."

Beitrag der Geschäftsbanken zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

p. 49, "Contribution of commercial banks to economic development."

Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens

"The role of the banking system in Syria’s economic growth process." Ahmad Talaat Said, 1972.

Beitrag der Geschäftsbanken zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

p. 49, "Contribution of commercial banks to economic development."

Entwicklung der Bilanz der Zentralbank in Mill. SP

p. 48, "Development of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet (in millions of Syrian pounds)."

Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens

"The role of the banking system in Syria’s economic growth process." Ahmad Talaat Said, 1972.

Entwicklung der Bilanz der Zentralbank in Mill. SP

p. 48, "Development of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet (in millions of Syrian pounds)."

Beitrag der Geschäftsbanken zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

p. 49, "Contribution of commercial banks to economic development."

Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens

"The role of the banking system in Syria’s economic growth process." Ahmad Talaat Said, 1972.

Entwicklung der Bilanz der Zentralbank in Mill. SP

p. 48, "Development of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet (in millions of Syrian pounds)."

Beitrag der Geschäftsbanken zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

p. 49, "Contribution of commercial banks to economic development."

Die Bedeutung des Bankensystems im wirtschaftlichen Wachstumsprozess Syriens

"The role of the banking system in Syria’s economic growth process." Ahmad Talaat Said, 1972.

Entwicklung der Bilanz der Zentralbank in Mill. SP

p. 48, "Development of the Central Bank's Balance Sheet (in millions of Syrian pounds)."

Beitrag der Geschäftsbanken zur wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung

p. 49, "Contribution of commercial banks to economic development."