Symposium on Global Development and Faith-Inspired Organizations in the Muslim World

December 17, 2007

Georgetown School of Foreign Service in Doha, Qatar

Co-sponsored by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the Georgetown Center for International and Regional Studies, School of Foreign Service in Qatar

Major issues of focus at the Doha meeting included building better knowledge of institutional arrangements and trends in Muslim majority developing countries; exploring relationships among public, private, and religiously inspired actors; financing issues, including the new landscape post September 11, 2001; and approaches to leading issues such as children, education, health, and gender. The review focused on how emerging institutions in the Muslim world, especially those with explicit faith links, are approaching issues of social and economic development.