Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 1-2

3/10-Jan-2011

REGIONAL

MENA Countries Rank Low In EIU Democracy Index

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains the most repressive region in the world, with 16 out of 20 countries categorized as authoritarian by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). In its Democracy Index 2010 report, the UK-based think-tank says that over the past two years the trend has been to backslide on progress in democratization across all regions. Authoritarian...