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Impact of public policies on poverty, income distribution and growth
Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2004Paramount to the recent UN Millennium Development Goals initiative is the issue of whether public policies are at all efficient in alleviating poverty.DocumentLooking beyond averages in the trade and poverty debate
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2004Using both a both macro and a micro empirical approach, the paper assesses how much poor people in developing countries gain from trade openness. The macro lens uses cross-country comparisons and aggregate time series data; the micro lens uses household-level data combined with structural modelling of the impacts of specific trade reforms.DocumentGender and migration in Arab states: the case of domestic workers
International Labour Organization, 2004This document examines migration of women in Arab states, focusing particularly on domestic workers. The authors examine international policy surrounding migration, as well as stocks and flows of migrant women in Arab states.DocumentBuilding a new Iraq: women’s role in reconstruction women’s role in strengthening civil society
Women Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington, 2003This paper summarises the conclusions of a forum on women’s roles in post-conflict Iraq, particularly focusing on women’s roles in civil society, government, economic growth, and security. The authors state that a number of factors will be essential to maximising women’s rights and roles in post-conflict Iraq.DocumentGulf migration study: employment, wages and working conditions of Kerala emigrants in the United Arab Emirates
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2002The total stock of Indian emigrants in the Arab region in 2000 was estimated to be about 3.07 million. Of them, about 1 million are reported to be in UAE. The total stock of Kerala emigrants in UAE was about 500,000 in 2001. Current estimates of the annual remittances to Kerala from the Gulf countries for the period 1998-2000 amount to about Rs.DocumentBridging the gap: involuntary population movement and reconstruction strategy
Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2003This paper aims to bridge the gap between refugee research and resettlement research; and between displacement and reconstruction.DocumentChild soldiers global report 2004
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, 2004This Global Report documents child recruitment policies and practices from 2001. It monitors compliance by governments and armed political groups to international standards governing the recruitment and use of child soldiers.The report provides an analysis of recruitment standards and practices in more than 180 countries, and identifies regional and global trends.DocumentIraqi Shias after Saddam Hussein: a study in political behaviour
Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2003The US-led coalition has, through its attack on Iraq, presented an opportunity for the Shia community in the country to become involved in the political process for the first time in over eight decades. Shia leaders, most of whom had been closely associated with Iran’s clerical leadership, immediately raised their demands for political control in a new Iraq.DocumentMortality before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster sample survey
The Lancet, 2004This survey compares civilian mortality rates Iraq during the period of before the invasion and compares this with the rates after the invasion.