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MEAWARDS Study Group on Social Sciences in the Arab World, Turkey, and Iran: Determinants, State, and Potential This meeting was held jointly with the Tunisian Center for Economic and Social Studies and Research (CERES) in Tunis on 24–26 January 2004. More than 30 participants took part, representing twelve countries: Algeria, Egypt, Germany, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and the West Bank and Gaza. The meeting was funded jointly by the International Development Research Center of Canada (IDRC) and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including: the research environment; priorities of social science research; the ethics of doing research; the relevance of different research methodologies in the countries under study; the rise of transnational social science, citizenship, and education; the differentiation of educational systems; and the role of social sciences in improving urban governance. On the final day, working groups were formed around the three main issues that constituted the main components of the title of the meeting: determinants, status, and potential. An edited volume in Arabic that includes the full text of the papers and the discussions that followed is now available from the Population Council’s office in the Middle East. Location Population Council researchers Non-Council collaborator Donors Publications/Resources 2004
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