Yale Program on Governance and Local Development Inaugural Conference, “Mapping Local Governance” — Université de Yale (Etats-Unis), 01-02/05/2014
Thursday, May 1
8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introductory Remarks
- Sulayman Dib-Hajj, Ellen Lust, Jonathan Wyrtzen Conference Committee
- Frank Griffel Chair, Council on Middle East Studies
- Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah of Morocco Director, Moulay Hicham Foundation
9:30-10:30 Keynote Address
- Noha El-Mikawy Representative, Ford Foundation, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt
10:30 Coffee Break
10:45 – 12:45 Local Service Provision
This panel explores service provision as it varies across local contexts and transitional periods, paying special attention to the relationship between state- and non-state actors.
- Khaled Abdelhalim Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Affairs, American University in Cairo
Title to be Determined - Balsam Ahmad Research Associate, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University
Healthcare, Housing, Education And Sanitation In The Context Of Urban Informal Settlements: Revisiting Empirical Pre-Crises Data From Aleppo, Syria - Sami Atallah1 & Mona Harb2 1Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies 2Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, American University of Beirut
Why are Some Municipal Federations in Lebanon Performing Better? An Urban Management and Spatial Planning Perspective - Hania Sholkamy Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University Cairo
Social Workers and Social protection: Revisiting the Debate on Subsidies from Below - Chair: Fares Braizat Director, Office of Polling and Evaluation, Royal Hashemite Court of Jordan
- Discussant: Hana Brixi Lead Economist for Human Development, MENA Region, World Bank
12:45 – 2:00 Lunch with Remarks by Peter Salovey, President, Yale University
2:15 – 4:15 Accountability and Transparency
This panel assesses levels of corruption in the national and local levels, considering drivers of corruption and citizens’ perceptions.
- Khaldoun AbouAssi Assistant Professor, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M
NGO Accountability — A Two-Way Practice - Malika Bouziane Research Associate, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin
Corrupt Elites, Uncorrupt People? Exploring the Ambiguities of Corruption in Jordan - Zied Mhrisi Founder, Tunisia Live
Title to be Determined - Diane Singerman Associate Professor, Department of Government, American University
Title to be Determined - Chair: TBD
- Discussants:
- Marc Lynch Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
- Aladeen Shawa Local Economic Technical Advisor, UNCDF
4:15 – 4:30 Coffee Break
4:30 – 6:30 Dispute Adjudication
This panel examines how citizens solve local disputes, focusing on how and why both state institutions and non-state processes are invoked.
- Katherine Blue Carroll Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
The Strangest Tribe: The Use of Customary Law to Mediate Between Iraqis and American Soldiers - Kristen Kao PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UCLA
Local Governance in a Rentier State: Battling the Overdevelopment of Land in Kuwaiti Municipalities - Mara Revkin J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School, Yale University
Legal Pluralism in North Sinai: Explaining the Rise of Non-State Islamic Courts - Chair: Pierre Landry Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
- Discussant: Kate Baldwin Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
7:00 Dinner Heirloom Restaurant at The Study Hotel
Friday, May 2
8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available
9:00 – 11:00 Security in Weak and Transitional States
This panel discusses the state and non-state actors in the realm of both local and national security. Questions will be focused on how security services are provided in transitional periods and/or under weak central states.
- Jonathan Wyrtzen Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Yale University
Plurality or Monopoly of Force? State and Non-State Political Fields in Morocco’s Rif and Libya’s Cyrenaica in the 1920s - Ariel Ahram Assistant Professor, Program in Government and International Affairs, Virginia Tech
War-Making, State-Making, and Militias in Iraq - Nadwa Al-Dawsari Conflict Specialist and Founder, Partners Yemen
Popular Resistance against AQAP in Yemen - Kimberly Marten Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard College
Warlords and State-Building in History and Today - Chair: Paul Salem Vice President, Middle East Institute
- Discussant: Frederic Wehrey Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 1:30 Roundtable: Toward a Better Understanding of Local Governance: Policy and Research Implications
- Raed Charafeddine First Vice-Governor, Banque du Liban
- Noha El-Mikawy Middle East and North Africa Representative, Ford Foundation
- Marwan Muasher Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Stephen Ndegwa Advisor, Center on Conflict, Security and Development, World Bank
- Moderator: Ellen Lust Director, Program on Governance and Local Development
1:30 – 1:45 Concluding Remarks
1:45 – 2:30 Lunch and Farewell
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