Editing Rentier state (section)

== Key characteristics ==
[[Hazem Al Beblawi]] suggested four characteristics of a rentier state:

# In a rentier economy rent situations predominate.
# The economy relies on a substantial external rent – and therefore does not require a strong domestic productive sector.
# Only a small proportion of the working population is actually involved in the generation of the rent, whereas the majority is only involved in the distribution or utilization of it.
# Perhaps most importantly, the state's government is the principal recipient of the external rent.<ref>Beblawi 1987, p. 384-385</ref>