Knowledge Economy in the Middle East

A Shift to a 'Knowledge Economy' Could Transform the Middle East

Aykan Erdemir and Oren Kessler | July 9, 2015

The Middle East has a long-established reputation for extremism, human rights abuses and underperforming economies.
The region’s leaders tend to point the finger of responsibility for these failings at external actors.
There are, nevertheless, a few who seek solutions to the region’s problems internally. These leaders turn to building “knowledge economies” as a panacea for the Middle East’s chronic problems.

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