Arab Human Development Conference
November 3 - 4, 2014
Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
The AUC Forum held a conference on Arab Human Development in the 21st Century: The Primacy of Empowerment with an opening speech by Provost Mahmoud El-Gamal. Since their inception in 2002, the Arab Human Development Reports of the United Nations Development Program have had a large impact on both development thinking and practice. This 10th-anniversary volume by eight experts specialized across the Arab world, with lead author Bahgat Korany, is no exception. The publication of this book is also very timely, coming as it is on the eve of the UN efforts to establish balance sheet of the Millennium Development Goals -- both its achievements and disappointments.