04006oam 22006374a 450 991025875250332120251116170652.097808157271940815727194(CKB)3710000000552411(EBL)4305686(SSID)ssj0001594966(PQKBManifestationID)16288710(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001594966(PQKBWorkID)14832186(PQKB)10204263(PQKBManifestationID)16202852(PQKBWorkID)14832187(PQKB)23328142(OCoLC)929864212(MdBmJHUP)muse47334(MiAaPQ)EBC4305686(Au-PeEL)EBL4305686(CaPaEBR)ebr11137203(CaONFJC)MIL884118(OCoLC)935254231(EXLCZ)99371000000055241120151112g20169999 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe Arab Spring Five Years LaterToward Great Inclusiveness /Hafez Ghanem1st ed.Washington, D.C. :Brookings Institution Press,[2016-]©[2016-]1 online resource (123 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780815727187 0815727186 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Spring, But No Flowers; 3 - Roots of the Arab Spring; 4 - Institutional Reforms for Better Implementation; 5 - Entrepreneurship for Inclusion; 6 - Targeting Excluded Groups: Youth, Smallholder Farmers, and Women; 7 - How can the International Community Help?; References; Index; Back CoverThe dilemma felt by Arab youth was captured in Tunisia by the selfimmolation in 2010 of Mohamed Bouazizi, who was frustrated by restrictions on his small street-vending business. His death became the catalyst for revolts throughout the Middle East. The frustration had been building for some time: large segments of society were denied economic progress, while the middle class was squeezed, and governments had cut back on services and public employment. Since the series of uprisings began, the debate in Arab countries has focused almost exclusively on politics and questions of national identity. However, economic issues are driving the agenda, and real economic grievances must be addressed in order for the many transitions to succeed. Hafez Ghanem gives a thorough assessment of the Arab Spring, beginning with political developments since the revolutions and changes in the legal and institutional frameworks that affect economies. Arab economies grew at healthy rates before the revolts, but the benefits of economic growth were unfairly distributed. The politically connected reaped great benefits, while educated youth could not find decent jobs, and the poor and middle class struggled to make ends meet. Ghanem advises that Arab countries need to adopt new economic policies and programs that enhance inclusiveness, expand the middle class, and foster growth in undeveloped regions. Key elements include strengthening economic institutions, developing small businesses, reforming the education system to better prepare Arab youth for the modern labor market, promoting gender equality with the objective of raising female labor market participation rates, and setting up programs for rural and regional development to reduce inequality and eliminate extreme poverty.Arab Spring, 2010-Arab countriesHistory21st centuryElectronic books. Arab Spring, 2010-909/.097492708312Ghanem Hafez877738MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910258752503321The Arab Spring Five Years Later1959826UNINA