No.

Time

Item

Presenter/Chair

9:00 – 9:15

Welcome

9:15 – 9:30

Introduction
Introduction to the “Drivers of Change” approach.
What is PACSR?

Stefan Kossoff

1

9:30 -10:00

Political factors affecting prospects for PACSR
An analysis of political factors affecting prospects for reform, including:

• Transitional politics, limited authority
• Palestinian political-administrative culture
• HAMAS, FATEH and reform
• Disputed representation and legitimacy

Dr. Basm Ezbidi

2

10:00 - 10:30

Social factors affecting prospects for PACSR
An analysis of socio-cultural factors affecting prospects for reform, including:

• Social and spatial fragmentation
• Community, clan and family influences
• Social class structures and elite dominance

Dr. Majdi Makli

10:30 – 11:00

Break

3

11:00 – 11:30

Economic factors affecting prospects for PACSR
An analysis of economic factors affecting prospects for reform, including:

• Demographic trends, unemployment and poverty
• Vulnerability of the Palestinian economy
• Public budget - policy instrument or safety net?
• Reform and the private sector

Mazen Asad

4

11:30 – 12:00

Regional and international influences on PACSR
An analysis of regional and international foreign and aid policy factors affecting prospects for reform, including:

• The peace process and the occupation
• Incrementalism and conditionality
• Aid delivery mechanisms and coordination

Keir Prince

5

12:00 – 12:45

Open discussion of influential factors

Dr. Yezid Sayigh

6

12:45 – 13:30

Conclusions & recommendations

Dr. Robert Springborg

13:30 – 14:30

Lunch