The September 11 terrorist attacks ignited global interest in the Middle East. Observers in
the region and abroad were quick to highlight the development “deficits” in Middle Eastern …

Interviews with former Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers along with previously
unpublished analysis by the World Bank, IMF and USAID provide entertaining and …

The international literature on gender and structural adjustment describes a general
tendency whereby increased deregulation of labor markets and informalization go hand in …

This book surveys major economic issues in the development of countries in the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region since World War II. It presents a framework of analysis …

Globalization, deep economic restructuring, and neoliberal policies have transformed the
world of work and labor markets in the North and the South. Contrary to expectations of …

Egypt has a history of providing social security and social assistance projects. Following the
1952 revolution, Egypt implemented a new social insurance system (SIS) operated as a fully …

Does global market integration help or hinder government efforts to improve the livelihoods
of the world's poorest citizens? Standard trade theories suggest that government …

This paper proposes an empirical investigation of the effect of trade liberalisation on informal
employment in Egypt. The effect of trade liberalisation on the informal sector has been …

This paper investigates the dynamics and determinants of having access to social insurance
coverage on the Egyptian labour market among wage and non‐wage workers. The paper …

This article examines the decade-long contentious encounter between the Egyptian regime
and Egyptian organized labor over changes in the labor law. I examine why an authoritarian …