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Research for development in the Middle East and North Africa /

Corporate Author: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Other Authors: Rached, Eglal.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Ottawa, Ont., Canada] : IDRC, 2000.
Subjects:
Economic development > Research. > Middle East. > Research
Economic development > Research > Africa, North.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic history > Research.
Middle East > Economic conditions > Research.
Africa, North > Economic conditions
Africa, North.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Opening Address -- Introduction -- R & D and S & T in MENA -- MENA's critical development crises -- MENA's solid potentials -- A modest contribution -- PART I. Workshop papers -- Keynote Address to the Workshop -- Chapter 1. An Emerging Agenda for Development in the Middle East and North Africa -- Introduction: Scope and methodology -- Section 1: The Middle East and North Africa in the global context -- Section 2: Emerging issues in development research -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2. Science and Research for Development in the Arab Region -- Introduction -- The region's human condition: the challenge -- The state of science in the Arab region -- An attempt at understanding -- What needs to happen? -- Bibliography -- Annex: Statistical tables -- Chapter 3. Arab Social-Science Research in the 1990s and Beyond: Issues, Trends, and Priorities -- Introduction -- Major Arab debates of the 1990s -- Assessment of Arab social-science research -- List of social-science research centers consulted for this paper -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4. The Research Environment in Egypt -- Introduction -- The institutional setup in Egypt -- The research funding -- The research personnel -- The research product -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5. The Development Research Environment in Morocco: Situation and Prospects -- Introduction -- Evaluation of current resources -- Diagnosis and prospects -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6. Science for Policy and Development: Discussion Notes from the Workshop -- The political environment -- Institutionalization of the research environment -- Relevance of research topics to policy making and development -- Research quality -- Data availability and dissemination -- PART II. The R & D Environment in the MENA -- Chapter 7. Social and Economic Development -- 1. Socioeconomic development in the Arab world: challenges for the next century -- 2. The politics of MSME development in the Middle East and North Africa -- 3. Change and the transition to democracy: issues in the Moroccan context -- 4. IDRC current programming concerning employment and socioeconomic development in the region -- 5. Discussion notes -- Chapter 8. Natural Resource Management -- 1. MENA: Environmental issues -- 2. IDRC current programming in environment and natural resources management in the region -- 3. Discussion notes -- Chapter 9. Information and Communication Technologies -- 1. Information and telecommunication technologies in the MENA -- 2. IDRC current programming in information and communication technologies -- 3. IDRC's Acacia program -- 4. Discussion notes -- PART III. Conclusion -- Chapter 10. Toward a more Qualified and Pertinent Research Agenda -- Narrowing the gap between research and policy: research on knowledge systems -- Sectors of development intervention in the Arab region -- Editors and Contributing Authors -- Workshop Participants -- Last Page. 
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650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Development  |x Economic Development. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Development  |x Business Development. 
650 7 |a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS  |x Structural Adjustment. 
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