The Political Economy of Transformation in the Arab World

This project examines the economic and social policies that key political actors in Tunisia and Egypt have advocated, debated and partly implemented since the departure of the former authoritarian rulers, Zein Al-Abdin Bin Ali and Hosni Mubarak. The analysis is guided by the overarching objective to gauge the degree to which these policies may contribute to the general welfare and social justice and address socio-economic grievances like youth unemployment which had contributed to the downfall of the old regimes. Emphasis will be placed on medium and long term strategies that relevant actors envisage or already began to implement to shape the economic future of their countries and to resolve distributional conflicts.