Sanaa, Yemen
2005 - 2006 IPF Fellow


Affiliation: Development Officer, Department for International Development (DFID) UK, British Embassy, Yemen.
e-mail: asrar@policy.hu
website: http://www.policy.hu/asrar/

Fellow project
2005 - 2006: Democratic governance in a tribal system
The objectives of the project are to provide an evaluation of existing democratic mechanisms in Yemen, and measure their effectiveness within the current tribal context ; analyze the main obstacles that hinder implementing the core concepts of democratic governance; address questions crucial to democratization dealing with governance, civil identity, accountability and communication; and write a research paper and policy study on best practices of good governance within a tribal system for policy makers in Yemen and international donors.

Study: Democratic Governance in a Tribal System

Working groups: Modernization, Globalization, and Islam, Comparative Studies

Relevant countries: Yemen