Arab development challenges report 2011
Subtitle: towards the developmental state in the Arab region
By: contributing authors, Radhika Lal, Rathin Roy ; authors of background papers, Asmaa Abdel Nabi [and twenty-three others] ; editors, Emilia Garofalo, Mona Naguib
Contributors: Roy, Rathin, 1966-, author; Nabi, Asmaa Abdel, author; Garofalo, Emilia, editor; Naguib, Mona, editor; United Nations Development Programme. Regional Bureau for Arab States
Publisher: United Nations Development Programme, Regional Centre for Arab States, Cairo
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulac, Cairo, Egypt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Economic development; Food security; Water security
Description: This second Development Challenges Report, coming at a time when the region is passing through a critical historical juncture, attempts to go beyond the numbers to uncover processes that have underpinned mutually reinforcing drivers of social, economic and political exclusion. This report argues that the development model followed in the Arab region can be placed on a more socially just foundation. While 50 percent of the Arab population is rural, agriculture, their primary economic activity, accounts for no more than 15 percent of Arab GDP. The region managed to reduce the overall unemployment rate from a level of 12 percent in 1990 to 9.3 percent by 2010, but the Arab region still holds the highest unemployment rate among developing regions. The share of women working in non-agricultural jobs is extremely low. At less than 20 percent, it is the lowest amongst developing regions.
Notes: A previous report was published in 2009 under the title: Development challenges for the Arab region.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-121).