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تم ترجمة هذا النص بمعرفة رماج ندا الخيال السياسي والطريق للمرحلة الانتقالية: ورشة عمل ما قبل المؤتمر لمنتتدى البحوث الاقتصادية لقد تغيرت منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا. إن الثورات التي يقودها الشعب في كل من تونس ومصر تعد أمثلة جيدة... Read More

Jordan and Yemen are two examples of transitions in the MENA region. However, their experiences differ. Speaking in the workshop at the 2012 ERF Annual Conference, Jillian Schwedler addressed the issue of moderation in their respective cases. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkceiQdt_XI] “Does political inclusion... Read More

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) has changed. The people-driven revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt are both good examples of successful mass-movements catalysed by social inequality and political oppression. Ultimately, however, the success of these revolutions cannot be... Read More

By Daniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Evidence suggests that over the past decade, misgovernance in the Arab world was not only acute, but also worsened over time.  Yet this poor and deteriorating quality of democratic governance was largely ignored... Read More

The 2012 ERF Annual Conference got off to a lively start in Cairo, Egypt, today, before it even officially opens, tomorrow. A workshop explored aspects of the Arab awakening in an attempt to understand the changes that have transformed the region in the... Read More

By Mirette F. Mabrouk It’s a truism to say that corruption is bad. Nor would it come as a surprise to most that the countries of ERF’s region have seen their fair share of corruption. Indeed, corruption appears to be... Read More

Corruption is unethical. But it may also have unexpectedly harmful effects on economic development, breeding negative work ethics and leading to waste and misallocation of resources, as well as adverse distribution of income and wealth. It is often associated with... Read More

The conference was closed with a panel discussion moderated by Ahmed Galal, Managing Director of the Economic Research Forum. The Panel included Abdullatif Al-Hamad, Director General and Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development; Ibrahim Elbadawi, Economic... Read More

At the end of the first day, I had the opportunity to interview Paul Collier, Professor of Economics, Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. The following issues were addressed: Given that... Read More