Comparative analysis of Arab Human Development Report, 2002 and 2016 Arab Human Development Report, 2002 has emphasized on the developmental issues with an anchor on domestic development vagaries and vicissitudes. The two main challenges region faces has be reported as 1. Challenges to the pursuit of freedom from fear 2. Challenges to the achievement of freedom from want The problem of modern growth has been attributed to the reasons and spillover effects of foreign occupation of Arab land, such as Israeli occupation of Palestine. It has been opined that occupation freezes growth, prosperity and freedom in the Arab world. Report has given a skeptic view about the war and conflict of the region saying that the latter would devastate the human resources and infrastructure. Democracy being the best among the worst, has gained a patron. The wave of democracy hasn’t effectively swept the Arab reg...