Brookings Doha Center-Stanford Project on Arab Transitions - Ongoing project
The Brookings Doha Center-Stanford University "Project on Arab Transitions" - a joint initiative between the BDC and the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford University's Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) - aims to generate comprehensive analysis of the con ...

Entrepreneurship After the Arab Spring - Ongoing project
The project “Entrepreneurship after the Arab Spring” addresses a number of questions on the entrepreneurship ecosystem that comprises the legal, institutional, regulatory, and policy frameworks governing the private sector and entrepreneurial activity in Tunisia and Egypt. The research project aims ...

Establishing a Legislative Upper House in Lebanon - Project completed 2012
The Ta’if Accords, which ended Lebanon’s civil war, called explicitly for the dismantling of political confessionalism through the election of a Chamber of Deputies on “a national, non-confessional basis” and the formation of a Senate representing all of Lebanon’s various sects. Le ...

Political Participation, Pluralism, and Citizenship Rights in the Arab World
Processes of democratic transition in today’s Arab world carry with them both challenges and opportunities for pluralism and citizenship rights, particularly with respect to the political participation of minorities. This project aims to arrive at concrete measures to aid with the political participa ...

Political Reform Prospects in Yemen - Ongoing project
By engaging Yemeni scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds, this research provides new voices and original scholarship to help influence policy and development assistance to this country of strategic importance.

Safadi-Stanford Initiative for Policy Innovation - Project completed 2011
The Safadi-Stanford Initiative for Policy Innovation (SSIPI) initiative is a partnership between the Safadi Foundation USA and the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at Stanford's Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL). SSIPI aims at establishing an institutionalized policy-based visit ...

The Link between Economic and Political Reform in the Arab World - Project completed 2011
The Program on Arab Reform and Democracy at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) is pleased to announce the completion of this project, examining the link between economic and political reform in the Arab World.