Croissance et justice sociale
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…
By Kamal Hamdan & Lea Aboukhater This background paper underlines the major socio-economic repercussions of the lingering Syrian refugee crisis in Lebanon, and highlights the policies and overall strategy of response of the Government of Lebanon, international agencies and otherRead more…
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
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…
Oxford Workshop: New Perspectives on Political Economy of the Middle East The economics of the Syrian refugee crisis in neighboring countries. The case of Lebanon Anda DAVID, Mohamed Ali MAROUANI, Charbel NAHAS, Björn NILSSON Abstract In this article, we investigateRead more…
Local Area Development Program Implementing the New Urban Agenda through enhanced planning capacity and responsiveness to citizen’s needs Even though the decentralisation of political authority to the Governorates in Iraq is outlined by Law No. 21/2008, the devolution of powersRead more…
تذخر أدبيّات المنظّمات النقابيّة العربيّة بمُعطيات وإحصائيّات عن العمل والتشغيل. إلاّ أنّ كثيراً منها يتضمّن إشكاليّات لا تساعد في إيضاح طبيعة علاقات العمل السائدة في البلدان العربيّة والنهوض بالتفاوض الجماعيّ والنضالات من أجل تحقيق الحقوق الاقتصاديّة والاجتماعيّة للعاملات والعاملين، بلRead more…
The policy brief Monitoring SDGs for Arab countries Policy Brief, Goal 8, Decent Work & Economic Growth prepared[1] Cercle des Economistes Arabes, for September 2017. Monitoring the SDGs In the framework of its critical engagement in the 2030 Agenda,Read more…
IMF-Women-informal-aita
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