Download or read book The Arab Human Development Report 2003 written by Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Arab Human Development Report Series aims at building human development in the Arab world. 2003 Report surveys the most salient trends that influenced the process of human development in 2002-2003 and provides a thorough analysis of one of the major challenges the Region faces: its growing knowledge gap. The Report evaluates the current production of knowledge, examines the sociological context of knowledge acquisition, and highlights the landmarks necessary to establish a knowledge-based society in the Arab countries.