President Barack Obama will unveil on Thursday a plan of economic aid from several billion dollars to encourage democratization in the Arab world, along the lines of Eastern Europe after the Cold War, U.S. officials said Wednesday . The plan initially to Egypt and Tunisia, will want to encourage other countries in the Middle East and North African theaters of popular revolts since the beginning of the year, to undertake democratic reforms, officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Mr. Obama will present this new initiative from 11 h 40 (17 h 40 to Paris) during a speech intended to embrace a common strategy for the wave of democracy demonstrations that shook or toppled over half dozen autocratic regimes in the region over the past five months. According to one official, the idea is to draw "some measures successful in Eastern Europe" in the wake of the end of the Iron Curtain, "and apply them to countries in transition democracy in the Middle East and North Africa ".
"This is the beginning of a long-term effort," assured the official. According to him, Egypt and Tunisia, where mass protests were due to autocrats in power for over 20 years, will be the first beneficiaries of this initiative. "We hope others will follow democratic transitions in the years to come," he said.
Obama's plan calls for extending the action of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which supported the former people's democracies over the past 20 years to stimulate the development of democracy in the Arab world . The sixty-country shareholders of the EBRD precisely meet Friday and Saturday to discuss a project to extend its activities to North Africa.
Washington will also work to develop incentives for democratization in the Arab world, together with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank (ADB) has promised those responsible. 
Mr. Obama will present this new initiative from 11 h 40 (17 h 40 to Paris) during a speech intended to embrace a common strategy for the wave of democracy demonstrations that shook or toppled over half dozen autocratic regimes in the region over the past five months. According to one official, the idea is to draw "some measures successful in Eastern Europe" in the wake of the end of the Iron Curtain, "and apply them to countries in transition democracy in the Middle East and North Africa ".
"This is the beginning of a long-term effort," assured the official. According to him, Egypt and Tunisia, where mass protests were due to autocrats in power for over 20 years, will be the first beneficiaries of this initiative. "We hope others will follow democratic transitions in the years to come," he said.
Obama's plan calls for extending the action of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which supported the former people's democracies over the past 20 years to stimulate the development of democracy in the Arab world . The sixty-country shareholders of the EBRD precisely meet Friday and Saturday to discuss a project to extend its activities to North Africa.
Washington will also work to develop incentives for democratization in the Arab world, together with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and African Development Bank (ADB) has promised those responsible.
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