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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.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=199478
Table of Contents:
  • 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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