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Science Indicators in the Arab Region: Progress or Regress

Science Indicators in the Arab Region: Progress or Regress. Adnan Badran Young Arab Scientist Award Shoman 2008 ( Reference: Badran & Zou’bi: UNESCO World Science report, 2008 ). Figure 1 GERD/GDP ratio for Arab countries, 2006 Other countries and regions are given for comparison.

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Science Indicators in the Arab Region: Progress or Regress

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  1. Science Indicators in the Arab Region: Progress or Regress Adnan Badran Young Arab Scientist Award Shoman 2008 (Reference: Badran & Zou’bi: UNESCO World Science report, 2008)

  2. Figure 1GERD/GDP ratio for Arab countries, 2006Other countries and regions are given for comparison Source: for Egypt: UNDP (2007); for Algeria, Lebanon, Mauritania, Oman, Qatar: Saleh (2008): for Bahrain, Syria, United Arab Emirates: Roland (2008). For the others: World Bank Knowledge for Development Scoreboard.

  3. Figure 2/aScientific articles published in theArab world, 2000 and 2006 Source: Data from Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc. Web of Science, (Science Citation Index Expanded -CI Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index - SSCI and Arts & Humanities Citation Index - AHCI), compiled by Canadian Observatoire des sciences et des technologies for UIS.

  4. Figure 2/bScientific articles co-publications in the Arab world, 2000 and 2006 Source : Data from Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc. Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded), compiled by Canadian Observatoire des sciences et des technologies for UIS.

  5. Source: Data from Thomson Reuters (Scientific) Inc. Web of Science, (Science Citation Index Expanded), compiled by Canadian Observatoire des sciences et des technologies for UIS. Population Data taken from Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (2007): Unified Arab Economic Report & UNDP (2007): Human Development Report and the World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision, The Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. Figure 3Scientific articles published per million population in Arab countries and the world (2006)

  6. Country/territory Growth in use( 2000-2008 ) Penetration(% Population) 2008 United Arab Emirates 212.9% 49.8% Qatar 1,070.0% 37.8% Bahrain 525.0% 34.8% Kuwait 500.0% 34.7% Lebanon 216.7% 23.9% Saudi Arabia 3,000.0 22.0% Morocco 7,200.0 % 21.3 % Jordan 785.1% 18.2% Tunisia 1,665.4 % 17.0 % (West Bank)Palestine 915.7% 13.6% Syria 7,006.7% 10.8% Egypt 1,815.6 % 10.5 % 6,900.0 % 10.4 % Oman 233.3% 9.1% Libya 2,500.0 % 4.2 % Sudan 4,900.0 % 3.7 % Comoros 1,300.0 % 2.9 % Djibouti 685.7 % 2.2 % Yemen 2,033.3% 1.4% Mauritania 500.0 % 0.9 % Iraq 332.0% 0.2% Notes: (1) The most recent Information on usage come mainly from data published by Neilsen/netratings, the International Telecommunication Union, local NICs? And other trustworthy. Figure 4 Internet penetration in Arab countries (2008) Algeria Source: Internet World Stats Usage and Population Statistics. http://internetworldstats.com/ (Accessed 04 December 2008)

  7. Country Share of high-technology exports (%) Morocco 10 Jordan 5 Tunisia 5 Yemen 5 Lebanon 2 Oman 2 Egypt 1 Saudi Arabia 1 World average 22 Malaysia 55 Republic of Korea 32 China 31 Israel 14 India 5 Figure 5 Share of High-tech exports out of total manufactured exports (2005) for selected Arab countries Other countries are given for comparison Source: World Bank (2007) World Development Indicators. .

  8. Figure 6Knowledge Economy Index for Arab countriesSelected countries Source: Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) The KEI is calculated on the basis of the average normalized scores of a country or region on all four pillars of the knowledge economy: economic incentive and institutional regime; education; innovation; and ICTS. The score ranges from a low of 0 to a high of 10.

  9. Figure 7: Tertiary students enrolment in the Arab region, 2000 and 2006 As a percentage of the age cohort * Data refers to the preceding year. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics database

  10. Figure 8: Arab universities in the Organization of the Islamic Conference’s top 50 Composite index for number of citations 2001-2006 Source: OIC: www.sesrtcic.org/files/article/232.pdf

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