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AAI President Dr. James Zogby will be speaking at the Atlantic Council on Tuesday, October 1 at 2:00pm about the struggle for inclusive citizenship in Arab countries. The event will be live-streamed at this link <[link removed]>. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP here <[link removed]>.
The Struggle for Inclusive Citizenship in Arab Countries
TUE, OCT 1, 2019 2:00 PM
ATLANTIC COUNCIL
1030 15TH ST NW, 12TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC xxxxxx
Please join us for a preview of the forthcoming 2019 Arab Human Development Report along with some preliminary survey results, conducted in twelve Arab countries, followed by a panel discussion.
The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and the United Nations Development Programme invites you to a presentation previewing the forthcoming 2019 Arab Human Development Report, followed by a panel discussion. The report will focus on the struggle for citizenship in all its dimensions in Arab countries. Dr. Adel Abdellatif, Senior Strategic Advisor at the Regional Bureau for Arab States, and Paola Pagliani, Policy Specialist from the United Nations Development Programme will present the conceptual framework for the forthcoming report (briefly outlined inthis research paper <[link removed]>) and preview some of the preliminary results of surveys conducted in twelve Arab countries.
Since the 2011 uprisings, Arab countries have struggled to define a new social contract that would insulate their citizens from forces of exclusion—forces that range from poverty, inequality, and unemployment, to water scarcity, corruption, and gender discrimination. In some cases, reforms and policies aimed at modernization have, as an unintended consequence, generated greater inequality rather than greater inclusion. In other cases, exclusion has fueled societal tensions, instability and, ultimately, violence, putting people at greater risk of marginalization. If ongoing conflicts are not resolved and demographic projections do not deviate from current trends, 40 percent of people in Arab countries will live in crisis and conflict conditions by 2030.
Dr. Abdellatif oversees the UNDP’s flagshipArab Human Development Report <[link removed]>covering topics such as youth, human security, gender, and freedom since the first report was released in 2002. Dr. Jamal has extensive experience in surveying social, political, and economic attitudes of citizens across the Arab world and studying the role of civic associations in promoting democracy in the region. Dr. Zogby specializes in polling in the Middle East and is a frequent commentator on Arab and Arab American affairs. Ambassador Richard LeBaron, Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center, will moderate the discussion.
Presenters
Dr. Adel Abdellatif
Senior Strategic Advisor, Regional Bureau for Arab States
United Nations Development Programme
Ms. Paola Pagliani
Policy Specialist
United Nations Development Programme
Discussants
Dr. Amaney A. Jamal
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics
Princeton University
Dr. James Zogby
Managing Director
Zogby Research Services
Moderator
Ambassador Richard LeBaron
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
Atlantic Council
Arab American Institute
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