Heralded as opening a new chapter in international development, the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) have led to the use of global goals and quantitative targets as a …

Debate on what should follow the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) from 2015
onwards has mushroomed. A focus on “ending” poverty (however defined) is likely to form a …

This article examines the challenges and opportunities that exist for the production of
knowledge and the design of evidence-based policies which aim at achieving more …

The middle class is an abstract and multidimensional concept. Embedding social and
economic notions, it may be construed from a capability approach as the range of things that …

This paper estimates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on income poverty and the cost
of poverty eradication in 14 non-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Arab countries, based on …

The degree of choice households have over their consumption expenditure is critical in
deciding their economic class. Applying our measure to Egyptian household budget …

In Chapter 11 Khalid Abu-Ismail offers a study of poverty and vulnerability in Arab states.
Here, he provides a critical review of the main poverty stylised facts for MENA and other …

Many Arab countries today face crises that started with peoples' demands for social justice
and protection against high unemployment, persisting poverty, and inequality that has been …

The motivation of the study is to examine the nexus between economic growth, employment,
poverty and inequality in the developing economies, and the Arab countries in particular …

Setting an Income Poverty Goal After 2015 The Power of Numbers: A Critical Review of MDG
Targets for Human Development and Human Page 1 1 Setting an Income Poverty Goal After …