Research Publications
MBRSG serves as both an educational institution and a public policy think tank, putting research at the heart of its mandate, vision and activities.
The School’s unique regional positioning drives its passion to leading the region in multidisciplinary research related to public policy and government. To fulfil its leadership objectives in the fields of education and public policy, the School dedicates vast resources to creating original research and supplying multidisciplinary evidence both in support of its educational activities and in advancing more impactful policymaking on a regional level.
Research production at MBRSG is not just encouraged as a method of advancing careers and contributing to knowledge; in addition to these important goals, the School views research as the primary driver for higher quality educational outcomes and as a key influencer of better regional and national government.
MBRSG will continue to disseminate its research outcome in variety of different ways. These include:
- Policy briefs
- Research reports
- Case studies
- Policy council proceedings
- Academic and professional conferences
- Journal articles
- Newspaper opinion articles
- Public research seminars
- Government conferences and workshops
- Research blog posts
- Executive education programs
- Master programs
- Books, book chapters, and book reviews
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
Published on: March 2019
Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
In the United Arab Emirates, the government has pushed STEM (science, technology, engineering and...
Published on: December 2018
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Genre: Innovation|Smart Dubai|Smart Government
Category: Future Government and Innovation
As the UAE embarks on the challenging journey of smart city transformation, complex problems are ...
Published on: December 2018
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Genre: Innovation|Smart Government
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The paper aims to understand the relationship between the Smart government services transformatio...
Published on: December 2018
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Genre: Leadership|Public Sector|Public Services
Category: Health policy
Abu Dhabi Health Authority legislates the Diagnosis Related Group (DRG) system as a payment metho...
Published on: July 2018
Genre: Happiness|Innovation
Category: Future Government and Innovation
In collaboration with the Center of Organizational Research in New Zealand (COER), the initiativ...
Published on: July 2018
Genre: Innovation
Category: Future Government and Innovation
In collaboration with the Center of Organizational Excellence Research in New Zealand, (COER), th...
Published on: April 2018
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Genre: Feminisms
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
UAE has over ninety per cent of its population living in urban areas. Settlements in rural areas...
Published on: March 2018
Genre: Innovation|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP), part of the General Secretariat of the Executive ...
Published on: February 2018
Genre: Dubai Model|Education
Category: Education policy
Public-private based partnerships have been gaining momentum in many emerging economies, and the...
Published on: February 2018
Genre: Dubai Culture|Education
Category: Education policy
Given the stark difference in purpose for PPP in education locally and globally, this paper compa...
Published on: February 2018
Genre: Healthcare|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Health policy
The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention has been developing a comprehensive system proficient ...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Sustainable Development Policy
The UAE has one of the world’s most comprehensive plans to address food security, but much can be...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Health policy
Mergers and acquisitions between some hospitals within the UAE have been great highlight in recen...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: Leadership|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Health policy
Mergers and acquisitions between some hospitals within the UAE have been great highlight in recen...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Education policy
The UAE education sector is on a journey to becoming a "first rate system” through a number of f...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Education policy
This Policy Brief is available only in Arabic Language
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Public Policy Forum|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Sustainable Development Policy
The MBRSG hosted a Policy Council on PPPs in Sustainable Development during its Public Policy For...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Public Policy Forum|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The massive digital transformation across societies, the growing maturity of the knowledge econo...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Public Policy Forum|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Health policy
How can PPPs be both sustainable and contribute towards the UAE healthcare? In other words, what ...
Published on: January 2018
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Genre: UAE Public Policy Forum|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Sustainable Development Policy
In a growing global city such as Dubai the existing road transport infrastructure has been strug...
Published on: January 2018
Genre: Smart Policy
Category: Education policy
To provide support for the United Arab Emirates National Innovation Strategy, this study sought ...
Published on: December 2017
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Genre: Public Event|Public Policy|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Public Leadership
How can Dubai best prepare itself for the expected increase in the number of Public Private Partn...
Published on: December 2017
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Genre: Public Event|Public Policy|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Public Management
How can Dubai best prepare itself for the expected increase in the number of Public Private Partn...
Published on: December 2017
Genre: Leadership
Category: Public Leadership
Open Source Leadership is a global study undertaken by the Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre...
Published on: December 2017
Genre: Leadership
Category: Public Management
Open Source Leadership is a global study undertaken by the Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre...
Published on: November 2017
Genre: E-Government|Implementation|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The future of work is undergoing major shifts, driven by various forces from technological devel...
Published on: November 2017
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Genre: Policy Implementation|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are state-owned investment vehicles controlling an estimated US$ 7....
Published on: October 2017
Genre: Arab Social Media Report (ASMR)|ICT |Smart Dubai|Social Media|The Arab World Online
Category: Future Government and Innovation
How will the existence of one billion personal “Internet of Things” devices in 2021 affect Arab s...
Published on: October 2017
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Genre: Dubai Model|Education|Policy Implementation
Category: Education policy
How can assessment improve educational outcomes in Dubai? International tests like PISA and TIMS...
Published on: March 2017
Genre: Security and Terrorism|Smart Government|Workshop
Category: Future Government and Innovation
This document summarizes the discussions that took place during the ‘Cybercrime and the Digital E...
Published on: March 2017
Genre: Dubai Model|Education
Category: Education policy
Concerns from parents in Dubai about the rising cost of school fees are becoming increasingly co...
Published on: March 2017
Genre: Education|UAE Studies|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Education policy
Education in the UAE is currently undergoing a period of remarkable reforms. The nation has purs...
Published on: February 2017
Genre: Arab Social Media Report (ASMR)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The influence of social media has continued to grow globally over the past decade. During 2016 so...
Published on: November 2016
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Genre: Social Change|Youth
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Rural and remote areas face special education and employment challenges that differ from those fa...
Published on: October 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation
Category: Public Leadership
Developing the next generation of leaders is a recognized strategic challenge for UAE governments...
Published on: October 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation
Category: Policy Council
Developing the next generation of leaders is a recognized strategic challenge for UAE governments...
Published on: May 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Plan 2021 have
emphasized the participation of Emiratis in eco...
Published on: May 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Plan 2021 have
emphasized the participation of Emiratis in eco...
Published on: May 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation
Category: Policy Council
The UAE Vision 2021 and the Dubai Plan 2021 have
emphasized the participation of Emiratis in eco...
Published on: March 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation|Public Policy
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution specializin...
Published on: March 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council|Policy Implementation|Public Policy
Category: Policy Council
Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution specializin...
Published on: March 2016
Genre: Citizen Engagement|Citizenship
Category: Health policy
Over the past few years, Corporate Citizenship has become an important and thoroughly
discussed ...
Published on: March 2016
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Genre: Healthcare|Policy Implementation|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Health policy
Maternal and Child Health policy guides the decisions on the type of MCH technologies and medic...
Published on: February 2016
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Genre: Culture|Social Change|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The UAE’s thrust onto the global stage and its endeavor to be a player in the global knowledge ec...
Published on: February 2016
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Genre: Smart Dubai|Smart Government|Technology|United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
What makes a city “smart” in the digital age? How can a complex urban fabric develop intelligence...
Published on: January 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution specializin...
Published on: January 2016
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council
Category: Policy Council
Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution specializin...
Published on: December 2015
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Genre: Development
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The Noor Dubai Foundation (the foundation) is a non-governmental and not-for-profit international...
Published on: December 2015
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Genre: Development
Category: Public Management
A prominent feature of competitive markets is that the entities involved must continuously find n...
Published on: December 2015
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Genre: Policy Implementation
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Mr. Maniyan Nayakam Pillai, the Managing Director at Wellcare Infotech L.L.C.1 which was founded ...
Published on: December 2015
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Genre: Culture
Category: Public Leadership
Companies that expand their operations to different regions across the globe face a major challen...
Published on: December 2015
Genre: Dubai Model|Education
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
In this paper, we review the published evidence to provide an analysis of how well inclusive educ...
Published on: December 2015
Genre: Healthcare
Category: Health policy
The objective of this article review is to investigate a medical error case study focusing on leg...
Published on: October 2015
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Genre: Technology|Youth|Youth Initiative
Category: Education policy
This report aims to investigate the leaks in the STEM pipeline among Emiratis in Abu Dhabi. The g...
Published on: October 2015
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Genre: Public Services
Category: Public Leadership
Lipsky defines street-level bureaucrats as the people who meet citizens at the interface between ...
Published on: September 2015
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Public Leadership
Students of leadership will sooner or later arrive at Leadership by James MacGregor Burns. Publis...
Published on: September 2015
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Future Government and Innovation
USING SOCIAL MEDIA FOR CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT: Lessons Learned from the UAE National Brainstorming Se...
Published on: August 2015
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Genre: Healthcare
Category: Health policy
The UAE youths’ frequency of being more obese is twice to be thrice greater than the published in...
Published on: August 2015
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Genre: Healthcare
Category: Health policy
This is the first of a series of two policy briefs that examines a conceptual analysis of the Uni...
Published on: August 2015
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Health policy
A Conceptual Analysis on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Public Health Leadership Theory- Part 2
Published on: June 2015
Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Public Leadership
The book reviewed is entitled, “Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Lead...
Published on: May 2015
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution focusing on...
Published on: May 2015
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Genre: Knowledge and Policies Council
Category: Policy Council
Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), a research and teaching institution focusing on...
Published on: February 2015
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Genre: Citizen Engagement|Governance|Governance and Innovation Program|Smart Government|Social Media|UAE Studies
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Produced by the Governance and Innovation Program, Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government in pa...
Published on: February 2015
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Theis report details the proceedings of the round table event, titled ‘Smart olicies for Public S...
Published on: January 2015
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Genre: Culture|Knowledge Sharing|Knowledge Transfer|Public Organization
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Managing knowledge is considered an essential resource for both public and private sector organiz...
Published on: January 2015
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Genre: Culture|Knowledge Sharing|Knowledge Transfer|Public Organization
Category: Public Leadership
Managing knowledge is considered an essential resource for both public and private sector organiz...
Published on: November 2014
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Genre: Social Change
Category: Future Government and Innovation
As 2014 comes to a close, social media in the Arab world continues to grow exponentially, with ov...
Published on: June 2014
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Genre: Media (including Social Media)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Under the title ‘Citizen Engagement and Public Services in the Arab World: The Potential of Socia...
Published on: June 2014
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Genre: Innovation|Social Change
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Until 2007, both service providers and the consumers of public and private services in the Kingdo...
Published on: June 2014
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Genre: Education
Category: Public Leadership
It is not unusual for the path of national growth and for development processes to be closely lin...
Published on: June 2014
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Genre: Education
Category: Policy Council
It is not unusual for the path of national growth and for development processes to be closely lin...
Published on: May 2014
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Genre: Media Coverage|Social Change
Category: Future Government and Innovation
This report aims to explore social media trends in the region in 2013 , paving the way for a bett...
Published on: May 2014
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Genre: GCC
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Navigating through mounting developmental challenges, the Arab region continues to go through tec...
Published on: April 2014
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Genre: gender, gender and development, globalization
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
This paper highlights the importance of using the term ‘gender’ in Arabic and its relevance to pu...
Published on: March 2014
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Genre: Policy Implementation
Category: Public Leadership
Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBSRG) launched the ‘Knowledge and Policies Council’. T...
Published on: March 2014
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Genre: Policy Implementation
Category: Policy Council
Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBSRG) launched the ‘Knowledge and Policies Council’. T...
Published on: March 2014
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Genre: International Politics
Category: Public Leadership
In spite of different approaches being experimented over the past six decades, poverty alleviatio...
Published on: February 2014
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Genre: Comparative Middle East Politics
Category: Public Leadership
The challenges governments face today are both internal and external; globalization, new technolo...
Published on: February 2014
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Genre: Dubai Model|External Partnerships|Public Financial Management|Public Policy
Category: Public Leadership
Human resource and training literature indicate that the design of a training strategy is the fir...
Published on: February 2014
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Genre: Dubai Model|External Partnerships|Public Policy
Category: Public Leadership
When financial crises strike governments, the first departments that usually witness sharp budget...
Published on: February 2014
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Genre: E-Government|Governance/Public Sector Management
Category: Future Government and Innovation
In an era characterized by mounting socio-economic constraints and transformational technological...
Published on: February 2014
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Genre: Media Coverage|Strategy and Development
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Rising citizen expectations have made efficient, relevant, quality public sector services the key...
Published on: December 2013
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Genre: Feminisms|GCC|Gender|Gender policy
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Women dominate higher education in more than half of the Middle East and Gulf countries. For exam...
Published on: November 2013
Genre: Political Reform|Public Financial Management|Public Policy
Category: Public Leadership
For many years, public management reform has been an evolving concept. New Public Management (NPM...
Published on: October 2013
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Genre: ICT for development|open government|policy implementation
Category: Public Leadership
This paper builds upon empirical data collected from 42 interviews with decision-makers, regulate...
Published on: June 2013
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Genre: E-Government
Category: Education policy
The continued growth of social media in the Arab region has facilitated innovations by individual...
Published on: May 2013
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Genre: E-Government|ICT for development|innovation|Knowledge Management and ICT|Media (including Social Media)|Media Coverage|Media|Social Change|SocialChange|VIP Visit
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Over the past 15 years, the Arab region has witnessed major technology-led transformations which ...
Published on: April 2013
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Genre: GCC|gender policy|gender, development, gender and citizenship|gender, social and cross-cultural psychology|Gender
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
“Women and Globalization in the GCC: Negotiating States, Agency and Social Change”, is a workshop...
Published on: February 2013
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Genre: Healthcare
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The source of income for the vast majority of older people comes from their pension pay and/or so...
Published on: December 2012
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Genre: gender, gender and development, globalization
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The Gender and Public Policy program is committed to supporting the Dubai School of Government’s ...
Published on: December 2012
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Category: Public Leadership
In the increasingly globalized context of the UAE, women’s leadership development programs have b...
Published on: October 2012
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Genre: Education|E-Government|entrepreneurship|Media (including Social Media)|Media Coverage|Media|VIP Visit|Youth
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Since the spark of the popular movements across the Arab world, the critical debate about Arab yo...
Published on: July 2012
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Genre: Media (including Social Media)
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The passionate debate on the impact of social media in the Arab world has continued throughout 20...
Published on: May 2012
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Genre: Education
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The provision for students with special educational needs in schools in Dubai is in a development...
Published on: May 2012
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
The provision for students with special educational needs in schools in Dubai is in a development...
Published on: April 2012
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Genre: Governance/Public Sector Management|Knowledge Management and ICT|Organizational Development
Category: Public Leadership
This working paper highlights the importance of the creation, capturing, documentation and dissem...
Published on: April 2012
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
This policy brief examines the choices that high school students have to consider when planning t...
Published on: January 2012
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
Many parents have the opinion that the education of their children is the sole responsibility of ...
Published on: November 2011
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Genre: Economics/Finance|Governance/Public Sector Management|Organizational Development
Category: Public Leadership
This working paper examines the political economy of privatization in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Published on: October 2011
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
This policy brief explores the obstacles to education reform in the MENA region, using curricular...
Published on: August 2011
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
This volume is a compilation of papers submitted to the Second Annual Symposium of the Gulf Compa...
Published on: June 2011
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Category: Public Leadership
This policy brief examines the current state of knowledge management (KM) in Dubai’s public sector.
Published on: June 2011
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
This brief gives an overview of “shadow education,” its reach and patterns worldwide. Next, it pr...
Published on: May 2011
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Genre: Education|Gender
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
This policy note is based on "The Contribution of Women to Intellectual Thought and Science in th...
Published on: April 2011
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Category: Public Leadership
This brief assesses the performance of Knowledge Management (KM) programs in Dubai’s public secto...
Published on: April 2011
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Genre: International Politics|Strategy and Development
Category: Public Leadership
This collection of 23 briefing papers from leading counter-piracy experts was prepared by DSG for...
Published on: March 2011
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Genre: Youth
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
This brief investigates the effects of the Palestinian Labor Law on unemployment duration for you...
Published on: March 2011
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Genre: Youth
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
This brief investigates the effects of the Palestinian Labor Law on unemployment duration for you...
Published on: March 2011
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Genre: Education
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
This paper examines male participation in higher education in the UAE from an economic and sociol...
Published on: March 2011
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Genre: Education
Category: Education policy
This paper examines male participation in higher education in the UAE from an economic and sociol...
Published on: February 2011
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Genre: Gender
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Arab Social Media Report: The Role of Social Media in Arab Women’s Empowerment Vol.1 No.3 Racha M...
Published on: February 2011
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Genre: Gender
Category: Future Government and Innovation
Arab Social Media Report: The Role of Social Media in Arab Women’s Empowerment Vol.1 No.3 Racha M...
Published on: January 2011
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Genre: Governance/Public Sector Management
Category: Future Government and Innovation
The Arab Social Media Report, produced by the Dubai School of Government’s Governance and Innovat...
Published on: January 2011
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Genre: Dubai Model
Category: Education policy
The brief provides a description of the pre-school educational landscape in Dubai, and the challe...
Published on: January 2011
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Genre: Economics/Finance
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Looking at East Timor, this paper focuses on the relationship between the national oil company an...
Published on: January 2011
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Genre: Social Change
Category: Future Government and Innovation
This paper explores barriers to unleashing the potential power of ICTs for creating a culture of ...
Published on: November 2007
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
The Middle East today is a very youthful region, due to the consequences of the demographic trans...
Published on: November 2007
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Genre: Academic Programs
Category: Social policy, Well-being and Happiness
Most typically, analyses of youth have employed either the neo-classical economic framework of hu...