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1 online resource |
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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 |
| Summary |
This book explores the current challenges and opportunities of research for development in the Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Experts from the region and development professionals from around the world provide a detailed portrait of the research environment and explore the relationship between science and policy. They also present and discuss new research initiatives in the areas of social and economic development, natural resource management, and information and communication technologies |
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Title from Web page (IDRC, viewed August 9, 2006) |
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Published on the International Development Research Centre website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
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Economic history -- Research
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Middle East -- Economic conditions -- Research
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Africa, North -- Economic conditions -- Research
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North Africa
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rached, Eglal
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Craissati, Dina
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International Development Research Centre (Canada), issuing body.
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| ISBN |
0889369305 |
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9780889369306 |
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9781552503102 |
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1552503100 |
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1280850000 |
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9781280850004 |
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9786610850006 |
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6610850003 |
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