Fomenting Intellectual Revolution in the MENA Region by Rabah Arezki
The private sector in most MENA countries is chronically anemic, and the politicization of employment has effectively disenfranchised many young people, triggering an explosion of angry street protests. The situation in the MENA region resembles that of the Soviet bloc in the 1980s. In the MENA region, protests are a relatively new way to push for accountability. Most important, MENA countries need a domain for independent economic-policy debate. What the MENA region needs most is even more sunlight.
Source: The North Africa Journal August 17, 2020 15:12 UTC
