Education Reform in Qatar: the role of policy borrowing

Kuwait Programme Seminar Speaker: Lolwah Alkhater, University of Oxford Chair: Courtney Freer, LSE Kuwait Programme Since the turn of the century, many GCC states have undertaken ambitious economic and social reforms, informed by international think tanks and consultancies. Lolwah Alkhater explores the role played by consultancies and think tanks in the GCC through the lens of "policy borrowing", looking specifically at Qatar's education reforms - the most ambitious of any Middle Eastern country - which were designed and led by American think tank RAND Corporation. Recorded on Monday 13 November. Image credit: Northwestern University in Qatar, Wikimedia Commons.