Workshop: Conflict, Peacebuilding, and Reconstruction in Arab Countries

Part of the Research Cluster on Economic and Human Development in Muslim Societies

Themes covered include:

Morning sessions:
The Arab Uprisings and the Path to National Peace and Sustainable Development
Samir Makdisi (AUB)

A New Social Contract for Post-Conflict Middle East and North Africa
Shantayanan Devarajan (Georgetown University)

Public Sector and the Reconstruction of Conflict-Afflicted Arab Countries
Khalid Abu-Ismail (UN ESCWA)

Afternoon sessions:
The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reform in Arab Societies
Adeel Malik, OCIS and Oxford University

Turning the Economic Costs of Conflict into the Engine of Development
Ibrahim Elbadawi (ERF)

Panel Discussion: Towards a Post-Conflict Order in the Middle East
Featuring Sir Paul Collier and others.