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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...
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...
Stanford conference explores new development approaches post Arab Spring
April 2012
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy hosted its third annual conference on April 26-27 at Stanford University to present an integrated approach to development in the Arab world.
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Democratic Transition and Development in the Arab World
April 26, 2012
The third ARD annual conference examineي the challenges, key issues, and ways forward for social and economic development in the Arab world during this period of democratic transition. Day One -...
In the Middle of the Storm: Development and Governance in the Arab World
December 6, 2011
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, The Safadi Foundation USA, The Center for International Private Enterprise ...
Democracy and the Muslim World
October 11, 2006
Named one of the "2006 Global Leadership 50" by the Eurasia Group (2006) and "Asian of the Year" by Newsweek magazine (1998), Anwar Ibrahim is one of the most popular and celebrated Southeast Asian...