This essay traces the effects of human development on political change, focusing on the
events of the Arab Spring. Over the past generation, the Arab world experienced rapid …

Abstract Focusing on Egypt and Tunisia the present contribution first analyses the scope and
limits of political change prompted by the large-scale protests that in early 2011 led to the …

Poverty, inequality, unemployment, torture and corruption were among the main reasons
why millions of Egyptians protested to end 30 years of Mubarak's rule in January 2011. The …

Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to
poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have mixed results and despite the …

Purpose–With 99 million inhabitants in 2019, Egypt is the most populous country in North
Africa and the Arab world. Despite being classified as a middle-income country, Egypt faces …

This paper seeks to examine the economic and social policies that key political actors in
Tunisia and Egypt advocated and partly implemented after the departure of the former …

Poverty alleviation has been given high priority on the agendas of international
organizations, governments and civil society organizations in different parts of the globe. In …

Nouveaux régimes, vieilles politiques? Réponses islamistes aux défis économiques et
sociaux par Eberhard Kienle en Tunisie et en Égypte, l'avènement récent de régimes moins …

This paper investigates the gender dimensions of poverty in Egypt and examines the factors
that contribute to poverty for different household types. Furthermore, it decomposes the …

Are female-headed households (FHHs) in the Arab region more likely to be poor, and
increasingly so? Social and cultural barriers often hinder women's economic participation in …