Arab Human Development Report 2003
"Building a Knowledge Society" - Building a Knowledge Society: Despite the presence of significant human capital in the region, many constraints, including governance, hamper the acquisition, diffusion and production of knowledge in Arab societies. The Report affirms that knowledge can help the region to expand the scope of human freedoms, enhance the capacity to guarantee those freedoms through better governance, and achieve the higher moral human goals of justice and human dignity. It also underlines the importance of knowledge to Arab countries as a powerful driver of economic growth through higher productivity.

• Introductory Section: Introductions, Table of Contents
• Part I: Changes in Human Development in Arab Countries During 2001-2002

• Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework: Knowledge, Human Development and the Knowledge Society in Arab Countries

• Chapter 2: Knowledge Dissemination in Arab Countries
• Chapter 3: Knowledge Production in Arab Countries
• Chapter 4: Measuring Knowledge Capital in Arab Countries
• Chapter 5: The Organisational Context of Knowledge Acquisition

• Chapter 6: Culture
• Chapter 7: Socio-Economic Structure
• Chapter 8: The Political Context

• Chapter 9: A Strategic Vision: The Five Pillars of the Knowledge Society
• Annexes: References, Tables and Figures

• Executive Summary
• AHDR 2003 Full Report
• Report Team