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This project will produce evidence for public policies in response to growing economic austerity, ongoing structural economic change and social discontent in the Middle East and North Africa, including Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia.

The digital transformation of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, presents both opportunities and challenges.

Despite the positive potential and relative progress of open data for development, there are still gaps in creating and sharing high quality, timely, relevant, and accessible data in developing countries.

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has forced the wholesale shuttering of face-to-face education facilities and nearly all education-related services.

This project is part of an initiative that will provide evidence and strengthen capacity for bridging the knowledge gap in responding to the growing COVID-19 health crisis both in the short term and in the longer term.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to school closures and disruptions affecting 1.

Bacteriocins are peptides naturally produced by several bacterial strains and endowed with antimicrobial activity against bacteria that are phytogenetically similar to the production strain.

In an era of rapid change and increasing mistrust in institutions, open data and the surrounding communities that use it, are working to shift norms and culture to create dialogue and collaboration between governments, civil society and the private sector.

Governments around the world have made commitments to be more open, to ensure greater transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption and harness new technologies that strengthen governance.

Low and middle-income countries of the Arab region are undergoing a rapid nutrition transition with increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young and adult populations accompanied by a rise in diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

The Arab states record some of the highest levels of armed conflict and military spending in the world.

Among the most challenging issues Tunisia is facing are massive youth unemployment; marginalization/exclusion from public participation by youth; distrust in political processes; and youth engagement in radicalization and the rehabilitation and reintegration of returnee Jihadists.

After the optimism that accompanied the popular uprisings of 2011, reform in the Arab region today is losing momentum.

The development and implementation of a youth democracy curriculum in Tunisia is designed to ensure that young women and men, too often marginalized from political processes, are equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively participate in, and contribute to, the consolidation and strengthening of their democracies.

The North Africa region is home to marginal ecosystems with a large rural population which depends on rain-fed farming systems for their livelihoods.

Uprisings in countries across the Middle East during the so-called "Arab Spring," and continuing instability in the region, bring the challenges faced by young people, such as high unemployment, to the forefront of public attention.

Democratic transformations in the Arab world have reignited debate around the need for more inclusive political systems where the rights of different ethnic and religious groups are a priority in the transition period.

Political parties are a central feature of democracy.

At a time of unprecedented political transitions in the Arab world, this project will promote evidence-based research and analysis of Arab militaries.

This project will analyze three state institutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen - the judiciary, state-controlled religious institutions, and state-owned media - to assess the extent to which these institutions are responding to calls for reform in the wake of the Arab Spring.