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The Kuwait Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States
The Kuwait Research Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States is a ten year multidisciplinary global programme. It focuses on topics such as globalisation, economic development, diversification of and challenges facing resource rich economies, trade relations between the Gulf States and major trading partners, energy trading, security and migration.
The Programme will generally focus on the states that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. However,
occasionally the interests of research will require a more flexible and broader conception.
The Programme is hosted in LSE’s interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of Global Governance, and led by Professor David Held, co-director of the Centre. It will support post-doctoral researchers and PhD students, develop academic networks between LSE and Gulf institutions, and host a regular seminar series as well as five major biennial conferences.
The Programme will also support new Arabic editions of the widely read and influential texts, Global Civil Society Yearbook, Global Transformations and The Global Transformations Reader, published through the Centre for the Study of Global Governance.
The Programme is funded by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. LSE Director Howard Davies notes: 'We are very grateful to the Kuwait Foundation for this generous pledge. It is an opportunity for the School, our staff and students to broaden and deepen knowledge about Kuwait and the Gulf States.'
upcoming event
15-Oct-2008, 16:30–18:00,
H103, Connaught House, LSE
Reform of market governance: independent
regulatory agencies in the Gulf
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Speaker: Mark Thatcher
Government Department, LSE |
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Why do wealthy non-Western countries adopt Western
institutions to govern their domestic markets? Is this
due to careful calculation, mimetic or imposed
conformity or the interaction of domestic and
international factors? Gulf states offer an excellent
case to tackle these questions. In a sharp break from
traditional institutions, several states have ended
legal monopolies and delegated powers to ‘independent
regulatory agencies’ (IRAs) to oversee competition. Yet
IRAs are an importation from abroad and run counter to
traditional government structures. The seminar will
examine how and why these agencies have been created in
two sectors- stock exchanges and telecommunications-
that are economically and politically strategic and lie
at the heart of new strategies of attracting inward
investment and developing domestic markets. Its
conclusions relate not only to the Gulf but also to
broader themes about the spread of neo-liberal economic
institutions in vital financial and network markets
More upcoming events
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new online
Interview with the Kuwait Ambassador to the UK
Audio file
background paper
The Gulf Cooperation Council - Economies, Diversification and Reform: An Introduction
Sharon Shochat
new online
A list of selected publications concerning the Gulf States is available here
link to
Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
contact
Ian Sinclair
Administrator for the Programme
Centre for the Study of Global Governance
Houghton Street
London
WC2A 2AE
phone: 020 7955 6639
email: i.sinclair@lse.ac.uk
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