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What Egypt tells us that development discourse doesn’t

What Egypt tells us that development discourse doesn’t

blogs.odi.org.uk –

By revealing the lack of legitimacy of their governments, the protesters have also highlighted that, despite appearing strong and stable, these regimes are in fact largely hollow, hiding behind the cosmetic facade of life-sized images of their leaders and highly visible security forces (as well as, in this case, the support of the international community). Once this edifice breaks down or is challenged, the weakness of the regime is revealed as having little legitimate base (although plenty of more...

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D C on May 30, 2011

Policy note on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on Arab States

In April 2009, a policy note was published by the ILO Regional Office for Arab States in Beirut, which reviews the impact of the global financial and economic crisis on Arab states until early 2009 and offers a number of policy considerations on employment and social protection policies. The policy note is available in Arabic and English. Behrendt, C.; Haq, T., and Kamel, N., 2009: The impact of the financial and economic crisis on Arab States: Considerations on employment and social more...

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Christina Behrendt on July 16, 2009

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