Under the umbrella of the EU-funded Local Area Development Programme (LADP), the UN-Habitat team has worked closely with focal points of four pilot municipalities in the south of Iraq: the city of Basra in Basra Governorate; Al Rumaitha in AlRead more…
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At the Expert Group Meeting on Innovation and Technology for Achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda Beirut, 5-7 December, 2017 Samir AITA-Innovation Arab SMEsf-low
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Data and statistics on labor and employment in the Arab trade unions’ literature are abundant. However, much of them are marred by issues that do not help towards clarifying the nature of the mainstream labor relations in the Arab world,Read more…
The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighboring countries. The case of Lebanon
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إشكاليّات وأفخاخ إحصائيّات العمل في البلدان العربيّة مع التركيز بشكلٍ خاص على العمل غير المهيكل
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A gender and Informal Employment perspective on IMF policies in the Arab Countries
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The Informal Employment in the Arab Countries, Statistics and Challenges,
The 12th meeting of the expert group on Informal SectorStatistics ILO, Geneva, October 2 and 3, 2017 (Bahrain, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen) Delhi-informal-Geneva-aita-en