Advisory groupRima Khalaf Hunaidi (Chair), Ahmad Kamal Aboulmagd,Abdul Muniem Abu-Nuwar (United Nations Fund forPopulation Activities), Farida Al-Allaghi, Sami Al-Banna,Turki Al-Hamad, Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri , Abdalla A.Alnajjar, Nabil Alnawwab (Economic and Social Commissionfor Western Asia), Mervat Badawi (Arab Fund for Economicand Social Development), Ziad Fariz, Nader Fergany (Ex officio),Burhan Ghalioun, Rafia Obaid Ghubash,Milad M. Hanna, Taher H. Kanaan, Atif Kubursi,Clovis Maksoud, Gamil Mattar, Roshdi Rashed,Abdelouahab Rezig, Adnan Shihab-Eldin, El Sayed Yassin.Core teamFarida Bennani, Hoda Elsadda, Nader Fergany (Leader),Fahmi Jadaane, Atif Kubursi .Editorial teamArabic Version: Fayiz SuyyaghEnglish Version: Kristin Helmore, Zahir JamalContributing authorsLaila Abdel Majid, Fowziyah Abdullah Abu-Khalid,Muhammad Hassan Al-Amin, Aziz Al-Azmeh, Sami Al-Banna,Tarek Al-Bishry, Hayder Ibrahim Ali, Nabil Ali,Sa'adallah Agha Al Kala'a, Muna Al-Khalidi, Mohamed Al-MiliBaqer Alnajjar, Siham A. Al-Sawaigh, Amr Najeeb Armanazi,Report teamMunir Bashshur, Mohammed Berrada, Hichem Djait,Mohamed Mahmoud El-Imam, Dina El Khawaga,Rukia El Mossadeq, Shawki Galal, Burhan Ghalioun,Abd El Hameed Hawwas, Taoufik Jebali,Taher Hamdi Kanaan, Atif Kubursi, Al-Taher Labib,Clovis Maksoud, Mohammad Malas, Imad Moustapha ,Fadle M. Naqib, Khalida Said, Adnan Shihab-Eldin,A. B. Zahlan, Mari Rose Zalzal .UNDP RBAS team-UNOPSDena Assaf, Ali Al-Zatari, Shafiqa Darani, Abdalla Dardari,Moez Doraid, Ghaith Fariz, Jacqueline Ghazal, Randa Jamal,Zahir Jamal, Hussein Kermalli, Mahwish Nasir, Madi Musa,Maen Nsour (Report Coordinator), Win Min Nu, FlaviaPansieri, Gillman Rebello, Oscar Fernandez-Taranco.Readers groupIsmail Sabry Abdalla, Abdulkhaleq Abdulla,Abdul Karim Al-Eryani, Ali A. Attiga, Chedly Ayari,Mahmoud Amin El-Alem, Nawal Faouri, Ziad Hafez,Hassan Hanafi, Michael C. Hudson, Benjamin Ladner,Manfred Max-Neef, Richard W. Murphy, Omar Noman,John Page, Eric Rouleau .Translation teamKhalid Abdalla, Rania Al-Hariri, Marie-Helen Avril, Doa’aImbaby, Mahmud Suqi .VII
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMSAFTAAHDIAHDRASEANCNNDMCESCWAEUFDIGCCGDPGNPHDIHDRIBHRICTIDFIPRsMBCMEDAMNCMYSNAFTANGOPPPPRCSQAMYSR&DRBASTAITIMSSTRIPSUNCTADUNDPUNESCOUNICEFUSAIDVATWHOWIPOWTOArab Free Trade AreaArab Human Development IndexArab Human Development ReportAssociation of South East Asian NationsCable News NetworkDubai Media CityEconomic and Social Commission for Western AsiaEuropean Unionforeign direct investmentGulf Cooperation Councilgross domestic productgross national product<strong>human</strong> <strong>development</strong> indexHuman Development ReportInternational Bill of Human Rightsinformation and communication technologyIsraeli Defense Forcesintellectual property rightsMajor Broadcasting Cable NetworkEuro-Mediterranean Partnership (financial instrument)multinational corporationmean years of schoolingNorth American Free Trade Agreementnon-governmental organisationpurchasing power parityPalestinian Red Crescent Societyquality adjusted mean years of schoolingresearch and technological <strong>development</strong>Regional Bureau for Arab Statestechnology achievement indexTrends in International Mathematics and Science StudyAgreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property RightsUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUnited Nations Development ProgrammeUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganisationUnited Nations Children’s FundUnited States Agency for International Developmentvalue added taxWorld Health OrganisationWorld Intellectual Property OrganisationWorld Trade OrganisationVIII
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ReferencesEnglish ReferencesAmnesty
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