Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa

Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 6
Opening Address......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
R&D and S&T in MENA......Page 17
MENA's critical development crises......Page 19
MENA's solid potentials......Page 21
A modest contribution......Page 22
PART I. Workshop papers......Page 24
Keynote Address to the Workshop......Page 26
Section 1: The Middle East and North Africa in the global context......Page 34
Section 2: Emerging issues in development research......Page 39
Bibliography......Page 73
Introduction......Page 76
The region's human condition: the challenge......Page 82
The state of science in the Arab region......Page 90
An attempt at understanding......Page 99
What needs to happen?......Page 113
Bibliography......Page 114
Annex: Statistical tables......Page 118
Introduction......Page 126
Major Arab debates of the 1990s......Page 127
Assessment of Arab social-science research......Page 144
List of social-science research centers consulted for this paper......Page 153
Bibliography......Page 154
The institutional setup in Egypt......Page 156
The research funding......Page 159
The research personnel......Page 163
The research product......Page 167
Bibliography......Page 174
Introduction......Page 176
Evaluation of current resources......Page 184
Diagnosis and prospects......Page 189
Conclusions......Page 199
Bibliography......Page 200
The political environment......Page 202
Institutionalization of the research environment......Page 203
Relevance of research topics to policy making and development......Page 204
Research quality......Page 205
Data availability and dissemination......Page 206
PART II. The R&D Environment in the MENA......Page 208
1. Socioeconomic development in the Arab world: challenges for the next century......Page 210
2. The politics of MSME development in the Middle East and North Africa......Page 214
3. Change and the transition to democracy: issues in the Moroccan context......Page 222
4. IDRC current programming concerning employment and socioeconomic development in the region......Page 233
5. Discussion notes......Page 237
1. MENA: Environmental issues......Page 242
2. IDRC current programming in environment and natural resources management in the region......Page 248
3. Discussion notes......Page 252
1. Information and telecommunication technologies in the MENA......Page 256
2. IDRC current programming in information and communication technologies......Page 263
3. IDRC's Acacia program......Page 265
4. Discussion notes......Page 266
PART III. Conclusion......Page 270
Narrowing the gap between research and policy: research on knowledge systems......Page 272
Sectors of development intervention in the Arab region......Page 275
Editors and Contributing Authors......Page 280
Workshop Participants......Page 288