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Source: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3913.htm
The UNDP Arab Knowledge Report 2009
(MEMRI) Nimrod Raphaeli - The UN Development Program's Regional Bureau of Arab States recently published the 2009 Arab Knowledge Report, written by "a select group of thinkers and scholars from all parts of the Arab region." According to the report, talk about political reform is abundant, but not necessarily real. In the Press Freedom Index, published by Reporters without Borders, not a single Arab country receives a "good" rating. In the Democracy Index published by the London Economist, most Arab countries, with the exception of Iraq, Lebanon, and the Palestinian territories, were ranked low. In the 2009 report of Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, 17 of the 22 Arab countries scored less than 5 (on a scale of 0 to 10). In the Economic Freedom Index issued by the Heritage Foundation, not one Arab country was ranked among the "free" countries.