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Thursday, May 1 8:30 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introductory RemarksSulayman Dib-Hajj, Ellen Lust, Jonathan Wyrtzen Conference CommitteeFrank Griffel Chair, Council on Middle East StudiesPrince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdallah of Morocco Director, Moulay Hicham Foundation9:30-10:30 Keynote AddressNoha El-Mikawy Representative, Ford Foundation, Middle East and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt 10:30 Coffee Break10:45 – 12:45 Local Service ProvisionThis panel explores service provision as it varies across local contexts and transitional periods, paying special attention to the relationship between state- and non-state actors.Khaled Abdelhalim Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Affairs, American University in CairoTitle to be DeterminedBalsam Ahmad Research Associate, Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle UniversityHealthcare, Housing, Education And Sanitation In The Context Of Urban Informal Settlements: Revisiting Empirical Pre-Crises Data From Aleppo, SyriaSami Atallah1 &#38; Mona Harb2 1Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies 2Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Design, American University of BeirutWhy are Some Municipal Federations in Lebanon Performing Better? An Urban Management and Spatial Planning PerspectiveHania Sholkamy Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University CairoSocial Workers and Social protection: Revisiting the Debate on Subsidies from BelowChair: Fares Braizat Director, Office of Polling and Evaluation, Royal Hashemite Court of JordanDiscussant: Hana Brixi Lead Economist for Human Development, MENA Region, World Bank12:45 – 2:00 Lunch with Remarks by Peter Salovey, President, Yale University 2:15 – 4:15 Accountability and TransparencyThis panel assesses levels of corruption in the national and local levels, considering drivers of corruption and citizens’ perceptions. Khaldoun AbouAssi Assistant Professor, The Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&#38;MNGO Accountability — A Two-Way PracticeMalika Bouziane Research Associate, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Freie Universität BerlinCorrupt Elites, Uncorrupt People? Exploring the Ambiguities of Corruption in JordanZied Mhrisi Founder, Tunisia LiveTitle to be DeterminedDiane Singerman Associate Professor, Department of Government, American UniversityTitle to be DeterminedChair: TBDDiscussants:Marc Lynch Professor, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington UniversityAladeen Shawa Local Economic Technical Advisor, UNCDF4:15 – 4:30 Coffee Break 4:30 – 6:30 Dispute AdjudicationThis panel examines how citizens solve local disputes, focusing on how and why both state institutions and non-state processes are invoked.Katherine Blue Carroll Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt UniversityThe Strangest Tribe: The Use of Customary Law to Mediate Between Iraqis and American SoldiersKristen Kao PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UCLALocal Governance in a Rentier State: Battling the Overdevelopment of Land in Kuwaiti MunicipalitiesMara Revkin J.D. Candidate, Yale Law School, Yale UniversityLegal Pluralism in North Sinai: Explaining the Rise of Non-State Islamic CourtsChair: Pierre Landry Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of PittsburghDiscussant: Kate Baldwin Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University7:00   Dinner Heirloom Restaurant at The Study Hotel Friday, May 2 8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast available9:00 – 11:00 Security in Weak and Transitional StatesThis panel discusses the state and non-state actors in the realm of both local and national security. Questions will be focused on how security services are provided in transitional periods and/or under weak central states.Jonathan Wyrtzen Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Yale UniversityPlurality or Monopoly of Force? State and Non-State Political Fields in Morocco’s Rif and Libya’s Cyrenaica in the 1920sAriel Ahram Assistant Professor, Program in Government and International Affairs, Virginia TechWar-Making, State-Making, and Militias in IraqNadwa Al-Dawsari Conflict Specialist and Founder, Partners YemenPopular Resistance against AQAP in YemenKimberly Marten Professor, Department of Political Science, Barnard CollegeWarlords and State-Building in History and TodayChair: Paul Salem Vice President, Middle East InstituteDiscussant: Frederic Wehrey Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break11:30 – 1:30 Roundtable: Toward a Better Understanding of Local Governance: Policy and Research Implications Raed Charafeddine First Vice-Governor, Banque du LibanNoha El-Mikawy Middle East and North Africa Representative, Ford FoundationMarwan Muasher Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceStephen Ndegwa Advisor, Center on Conflict, Security and Development, World BankModerator: Ellen Lust Director, Program on Governance and Local Development1:30 – 1:45  Concluding Remarks1:45 – 2:30 Lunch and Farewell