Managing Peaceful Transitions : Evidence and Experience
How can recent Bank-led research on development, security and conflict inform policy choices in Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? The Arab spring has presented a level of protest and political transition in the region not seen since the fall of...
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| Format: | Brief |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/10/15572367/managing-peaceful-transitions-evidence-experience http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10860 |
| Summary: | How can recent Bank-led research on
development, security and conflict inform policy choices in
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? The Arab spring has
presented a level of protest and political transition in the
region not seen since the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the
end of the colonization period in the middle of the
twentieth century. However, research shows that leadership
changes in MENA have often been followed for a couple of
years by the heightened risk of conflict and violence as
newly-arrived regimes and citizenries attempt to assert
their authority and rights. This quick Note considers that
question from the perspective of the 2011 World Development
Report (WDR) on 'conflict, security, and
development' and a complementary regional Bank study. |
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