Al-Mishkat Centre for Research (Egypt)
June 6, 2003
Founded in October 1992, Almishkat is an independent, non-commercial institution devoted to advancing knowledge on contemporary Egypt, and Arab countries, through research in the social sciences, with emphasis on human development.
Fields of research emphasis include: knowledge acquisition. i.e. education/learning and research/development; employment; governance; and welfare, i.e. poverty.
Almishkat's activity is motivated by its research agenda. Collaborative research ventures on items on the research agenda of the Centre are welcome. In cases that rank high on the research agenda, Almishkat draws on limited resources to contribute to the cost. A number of research projects, mostly with Arab and international organisations, have provided necessary financial support to the Centre.
Almishkat recognises the critical need for basing social science research on high-quality data sets and gives priority to producing such data sets through rigorous field surveys in areas on which information are generally lacking.
Almishkat is keen on making the results of research undertaken available to professional circles as well as the general public, in both Arabic and English. Technical reports on research projects, normally produced in limited numbers, are generally made available to interested professionals free of charge. For the general public, however, abridged versions of the technical reports on research projects to be published through a reputed publisher with a solid distribution network.
Link: http://www.almishkat.org
Keywords: research, center, development, knowledge, education, employment, governance, welfare, poverty