Introduction to Higher Education and the Middle East: Serving the Knowledge-based Economy, Volume I
Originally posted July 2010
Sara Sadek is an affiliated researcher and coordinator at the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the American University in Cairo. She obtained an MA in Refugee Studies from the University of East London. Since 2005, she has worked on various research projects on Iraqi and Sudanese communities in Egypt, contributing to a report on Iraqis in Egypt and recently producing a paper on challenges of integration for Iraqis in Arab states for the Henry L. Stimson Center’s forthcoming volume Transnational Challenges.
Originally posted July 2010
Principal Authors: Allen Keiswetter and Roby Barrett
Geneive Abdo, Reza Akbari, Roby Barrett, Charles Dunne,Philip Frayne, George Harris, Mark N. Katz (George Mason University), Allen Keiswetter, David Mack, Melissa Mahle (C&O Resources), Richard Murphy, Greg Myre, Michael Ryan, Paul Scham, Daniel Serwer, Alex Vatanka, Marvin Weinbaum, Wayne White, Philip Wilcox, Molly Williamson
Higher education—and its successful reform—is essential to the long term stability and prosperity of the Arab world. The youth uprisings which triggered the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt have highlighted the urgency of defusing the region’s ticking demographic time bomb: young, growing populations facing uncertain futures. To combat high unemployment and sluggish private sector growth, the Arab world must focus on building a knowledge society quickly in order to create three million more jobs annually than it currently generates, according to World Bank estimates.
I. The Setting
Police Reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin
Police Reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin
Police Reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin
Police Reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin
Police Reform in Pakistan
Hassan Abbas, Aitzaz Ahsan, Arif Alikhan, Wendy Chamberlin
Introduction
Originally posted August 2010