Despite substantial spending on education and robust support for reform both internally and by external donors, the quality of education in many Arab countries remains low. The authors of "The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World", Robert Springborg (Nonresident Research Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali; Adjunct Professor, School of International Studies, Simon Fraser University) and Hicham Alaoui (Research Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University), find answers in the au