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.
() is a policy analyst, DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford and the Arabic Content Lead at Oxford Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Forum. Previously, she worked at Rand-Qatar Policy Institute as a Research Project Manager and at Qatar Tourism Authority as Planning and Quality Director.
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