{"id":2819,"date":"2024-03-23T21:57:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-23T21:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T21:58:45","slug":"inequality-and-its-discontents-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=2819","title":{"rendered":"Inequality and Its Discontents in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Author: <\/b>Lydia Assouad<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Affiliation: <\/b>Carnegie Middle East Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Organization \/Publisher: <\/b>Carnegie Middle East Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Date\/Place:<\/b> March 12, 2020\/ Lebanon<\/span><\/p>

Type of Literature: <\/b>Article<\/span><\/p>

Word Count: <\/b>2872<\/span><\/p>

Link:<\/b>https:\/\/carnegie-mec.org\/2020\/03\/12\/inequality-and-its-discontents-in-middle-east-pub-81266<\/span><\/a><\/p>

Keywords: <\/b>Middle East<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>Inequality<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>Discontents<\/span><\/i>, <\/i><\/b>Corruption<\/span><\/i><\/p>

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In this article, the author highlights the economic and political realities of widespread corruption and inequality in Middle Eastern societies, where resources are usually in the hands of rulers or genetic institutions controlled by the political leadership and their private sector partners. According to the writer, this is the common denominator leading people to take to the streets in Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, and Iran to demand their rights and remove the corrupt rule. The author attaches a set of data indicating the Middle East is indeed the most unequal region in the world according to a study by the Global Inequality Laboratory in 2018. Finally, the author concludes that the required reforms are well known, but there is a difficulty to implement them, due to the political elites\u2019 lack of desire to implement any of the reforms because they are the main beneficiaries of the situation continuing as it is. Additionally, even if these elites wanted to carry out such reforms,\u00a0 rampant corruption would likely undermine and hinder this process.<\/span><\/p>

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By: <\/b>Taqwa Abu Kmeil, CIGA Research Assistant<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Lydia Assouad Affiliation: Carnegie Middle East Center Organization \/Publisher: Carnegie Middle East Center Date\/Place: March 12, 2020\/ Lebanon Type of Literature: Article Word Count: 2872 Link:https:\/\/carnegie-mec.org\/2020\/03\/12\/inequality-and-its-discontents-in-middle-east-pub-81266 Keywords: Middle East, Inequality, Discontents, Corruption \u00a0 Brief:\u00a0 In this article, the author highlights the economic and political realities of widespread corruption and inequality in Middle Eastern societies, 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