Economic Research ForumHandoussa, H.2007-11-132003-10-312007-11-132003http://hdl.handle.net/10625/27370Prepared for International Development Research CentreFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: Recherche pour le développement dans le Sud : le cas de la région Moyen-Orient et Afrique du Nord (MOAN)The paper aims to discern future directions for research in the region, as well as pinpoint some of the region’s best practices in terms of the institutional infrastructure for research. Analysis shows that the quantity of scientific and technical articles published in the Middle East and Africa (MENA) region is quite meager when compared to that of the developed countries. The region suffers from weaknesses in research on information sciences, molecular biology, genetics, informatics, and mathematics. The paper also describes the environment of and for research in the MENA region.1 digital fileenDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTEXPENDITUREMIDDLE EASTNORTH OF SAHARACULTURAL FACTORSECONOMIC ASPECTSPOLITICAL STABILITYRESEARCH NEEDSFUNDINGRESEARCH GRANTSSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICYConference Paper