Publications

This report argues that the development model followed in the Arab region can be placed on a more socially just foundation. It attempts to solve ‘riddles’ such as whether inequality is low and fairly stable, as the data show, or high and rising as observed by the naked eye. It also aims to determine whether the region is truly devoid of mass poverty or if the wrong yardstick was used to measure it. On both these counts, the report casts doubt on the ability of current data to reflect the reality offers some pointers for more in depth work to close the gap between data and reality.