The manual for building capacities in developing social protection policies based on a participatory approach is produced as part of ESCWA’s efforts aimed at strengthening national social policies, plans and programs that are founded on the principles of...
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The 2022 edition of the Annual Digest of Social Protection Reforms in the Arab Region represents a novel effort undertaken by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia to monitor, record and summarize the ongoing social protection...
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This paper uses nationally representative household- and individual-level data for Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, with data taken from the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS),7 the Jordan Labor Market Panel Survey (JLMPS)8 and the Tunisia Labor Market Panel...
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This study focuses on the economic participation of women and the measures taken to address it, with emphasis on the child hospitality sector that emerged in response to the need for childcare while women are at work. It seeks to develop an in-depth...
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The long record of prosperity in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries suggests that income poverty rates are low and falling, and hence little effort has gone into investigating the prevalence and depth of poverty. National statistical offices have not...
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This trilingual glossary aims to promote a common understanding and usage of key social protection terminology to reduce ambiguity. While far from complete and expected to evolve over time, the glossary aims to reduce complexity for policy makers and...
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