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In a landmark decision by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud on September 26, 2017, a decree was issued allowing Saudi women to drive motor vehicles. In this short paper, we reflect on the possible impact of this decision on future domestic workers’ immigration...Read More

This Report is designed to inform and provoke: to inform about concepts, their limitations, and how they are viewed in the Arab region; and to provoke new ideas and thinking for both discussion and resilience interventions in Arab cities.   This Report appears at a...Read More

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new Strategic Plan (2018-2021), a blueprint to help countries eradicate poverty in all its forms and dimensions, accelerate structural transformations for sustainable development, and build resilience to...Read More

The number and share of older persons in the Arab region are steadily growing and will increase substantially in the following decades. The advent of this aging transition, which most Arab countries will start experiencing before 2030, has important economic and social...Read More

This report explores the intersection of MSMEs, innovation, and technology against the background of the Sustainable Development Goals. Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) targets the largest share of economic actors in the Arab region, both in terms of...Read More

The pattern of economic activity in Palestine is unusual. While economic activity and growth stimulators in conventional economies are largely related to internal economic variables and policies, the Palestinian economy operates in an environment rife with different...Read More

The limited presence of women in the judicial branches of Arab States is attracting increasing attention as an obstacle to the development of representative institutions and the achievement of gender justice. In recent years, Arab States have taken steps to respond to...Read More

Economic integration is an important means to generate income and employment, to boost investment and to spur structural transformation toward more diversified and broad-based economic models. Services do not only satisfy domestic consumption and investment demands but...Read More

Egypt's Economic Profile and Statistics report is intended mainly for investors and the business community, this annual publication provides summary data and information on the various aspects of the Egyptian economy.   Read More

The Arab World is at a critical juncture. Ambitious economic and social reforms bring great economic promise to the region and at the same time we continue to see fragility and persisting inequalities that can potentially erode social cohesion. The report, which is the...Read More