A program of the Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), focusing on Arab World affairs. CDDRL is a research center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Entrepreneurship
Other Publications
Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-Revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia
April 2014
Ongoing upheaval in Egypt and Tunisia since the 2011 revolutions indicates high levels of dissatisfaction with the political order, and expresses a deep desire for a drastic remodeling of the...
Understanding the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Tunisia and Egypt
December 2013
Why has private entrepreneurship in Egypt and Tunisia remained underdeveloped despite decades of economic liberalization and private sector-friendly incentives and reforms?
Social Entrepreneurship: Why is It Important Post Arab Spring?
December 2012
This white paper comments on the challenges and opportunities facing social entrepreneurship in the Arab world after the Arab Spring, with policy recommendations for the development community.
News
Amr Adly Explains Market-Making Failure in Egypt [VIDEO]
June 2020
In a webinar dated June 8, 2020, American University in Cairo Scholar Amr Adly presented findings from his new book Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (Stanford...
ARD 2018 Annual Conference Examines Dynamics of Governance and Political Participation in the MENA Region
April 2018
Under the title “Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa,” the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy convened its 2018 annual conference on April 27 and 28...
Ben Ahmed examines the challenge of youth alienation in the Tunisian transition [VIDEO]
April 2015
As part of the Arab Reform and Democracy Program's speaker series, Executive Director of the Mediterranean Development Initiative Ghazi Ben Ahmed examined the challenge of youth alienation in the...
Old Events
The Social Origins of Egypt's Failed Market Making
May 28, 2020
This event is co-sponsored by the Arab Studies Institute ABSTRACTThis talk is based on the speaker's new book Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (Stanford...
Political Contestation and New Social Forces in the Middle East and North Africa
March 9, 2018
Please note: Registration for the conference is open only to Stanford University affiliates. A valid SUNet ID is required to register. Click here to register.
Reforming the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia
October 23, 2013
Abstract: The seminar session will present findings from a new study on the entrepreneurship ecosystem in post-revolutionary Egypt and Tunisia.
Projects
Entrepreneurship After the Arab Spring
The project “Entrepreneurship after the Arab Spring” addresses a number of questions on the entrepreneurship ecosystem that comprises the legal, institutional, regulatory, and policy frameworks...
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