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Gender Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
women, development, Syria, Arab, gender, equity, human rights, health, education, labor, liberty, migration, population, law, religion Amman, Jordan, 2006 (PDF) UNDP English Arab Human Development Report 2005: Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World
women, gender, Syria, population, law, health, civil society, labour (PDF) Anna Galdo, CAIMED English

Welfare in the Mediterranean Countries: The Syrian Arab Republic

neighbourhood policy, shocks, FTA, gender, women in MENA, women in EU-Med, Syria September 2006, 204 pages, (PDF) FEMISE English The 2004 FEMISE Report On the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
agriculture, gender, policy, labour, near east, NENA, Arab (PDF) Zehra Kasnakoglu, METU English Women and Agricultural Development in the Near East
women, gender, development, agriculture, MDG, empowerment, access, rural, infrastructure, services February 2003, (PDF) IFAD English Women as Agents of Change: Discussion Paper
education, labor, gender, empowerment (PDF) UNDP, Syria English National Human Development Report 2005: Syrian Arab Republic (Education and Human Development) -Abstract-
gender, water, poverty, sanitation, development. MENA, natural resources (PDF) N/A English Gender, Water and Poverty
gender, women, education, MENA, MDG, discrimination. Syria (PDF) Rohudi-Fahimi&Moghadan, PRB English Empowering Women, Developing Society: Female Education in the Middle East and North Africa
gender, resources, advocacy, policy, water December 2002 (PDF), 60 pages GWA English Advocacy Manual for Gender and Water Ambassadors
gender, water, resources, Egypt, agriculture (PDF), 6 pages S. Imbrahim, GWA English

Brief overview on the Current Situation on Gender and Water in Egypt

gender, water, September 2005, 19 pages, (MSWord) GWA English Gender Equality Results in the Punjab Community Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project Pakistan
gender, water, development, NGOs, UN, MDG, poverty, hunger, equality, envrionment 2 pages, (MSWord) Joke Muylwijik, GWA English Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Gender and Water
gender, water, trade 6 pages (PDF) Melissa Whited, IGTN English Gender, Water and Trade
poverty, gender, water, irrigation, agriculture 6 pages, (PDF) Bahawana Upadhyay, (WPR) English Poverty, Gender, and Water Issues in Irrigated Agriculture and Irrigation
gender, water, agriculture 18 pages (PDF) Galina Stulina, ICWC English Gender, Water and Agriculture in Central Asia
irrigation, gender, regional development policy, water April 2007, 32 pages, (PDF) Giulia Minoia (FEEM) English Gender Issue and Water Management in the Mediterranean Basin, Middle East and North Africa
water, gender, access,  inequality September 2001, 34 pages, (PDF) Crow, OU English Water: gender and material inequalities in the global South
gender, food security, policies, development 2006, 156 pages, (PDF) Quisumbing& McClafferty, IFPRI English Food Security in Practice: Using Gender Research in Development
water, gender, poverty, resource management, policy January 2003, (PDF), 14 pages Kholsa & Pearl, WEDO English Gender, Water and Poverty: Key Issues, Government Commitments and Actions for Sustainable Development


Poverty
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Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
  2003 (PDF) JICA English Country Profile Study on Poverty: Syria

January, 2007 (PDF)

IFAD

English

Working Together to Fight Rural Poverty: Arab Gulf

MENA, poverty, world bank, development (PDF) Iqbal&Nabli (World Bank) English Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa: A Cause for Concern? (abstract)
food security, agriculture, poverty, MENA, development strategy (PDF) Logfren&Richards English Food Security, Poverty, and Economic Policy in Middle East and North Africa
poverty, population, natural resources, labour, security (PDF) Willy Egset, Govt. Sweden English Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
poverty, poverty definitions, assets, capital, gender, NGOs, December 1990 (PDF) - 280 pages Narayan, World Bank English Can Anyone Hear Us? Voices from 47 Countries
rural development, poverty, MENA, migration, natural resources, agriculture 1998, 63 pages, (PDF) Bishay, FAO & UNIC English Rural Development and Poverty in the MENA Region: Where do we stand?
MENA, rural development, agriculture 5 pages, (PDF) Sector Brief, World Bank English Agriculture and Rural Development in MENA
poverty, poverty lines, labour, inequality 1993, 127 pages, (PDF) Lipton, World Bank English Poverty and Policy
rural poverty, food insecurity, hunger, twin-track approach, food security strategy, NARA 87 pages, (PDF) Broca, FAO English Food Insecurity, Poverty, and Agriculture: A concept Paper
NARA, MENA, rural development, inequality, poverty, development 44 pages (PDF) Adams,  World Bank English Non-Farm Income, Inequality, Poverty in Rural Egypt and Jordan
poverty, NENA, development, rural, agriculture 78 pages (PDF) IFAD English Assessment of Rural Poverty: Near East and North Africa
poverty, policy, Arab region, Syria 2004, 47 pages, (PDF) Babiker, IFPRI English Impacts of Public Policy on Poverty in Arab Countries: Review of CGE Literature
poverty, Syria, dry areas 6 pages, (PDF) ICARDA English Poverty and Livelihood Analysis: An Impact Assessment in Dry Areas
poverty, rural, livelihood, livelihood strategy, policy 2001, 154 pages, (PDF) DFID English Sustainable Livelihood Guidance Sheet
poverty, Syria, income, nutrients, hunger 27 pages (PDF) Doss&Ghosh&Hassan, Yale, INF, ICARDA English Income, Livelihoods and Nutrition: Evidence from Syria
poverty, resources, biofuels, agriculture for development June 2007, 6 pages, (PDF) Peskett et al, Natural Resource Perspectives English Biofuels, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction
poverty, health, crime, development, MENA, Med November 2003, 183 pages, (PDF) Collicelli et al. FEMISE English The Mediterranean Limes. The Social Variables of Development: Health, Poverty, and Crime
rural development, MENA 5 pages, (PDF) Aklilu, World Bank English Rural Development in the Mediterranean Area and the World Bank Strategy

Migration Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
migration, remittances, MENA, Syria, poverty May 2006, 18 pages, (PDF) Adams, UN English Migration, Remittances and Development: The Critical Nexus in the Middle East and North Africa
migration, income, poverty, reference groups April 2006, 15 pages, (PDF) Schiff, World Bank English Migration's Income and Poverty Impact has been Underestimated
migration, poverty, policy December 2002, 16 pages, (PDF) Skeldon, Asia-Pacific Population Journal English Migration and Poverty
Egypt, migration, urbanization, 1967, policy December 2003, 72 pages, (PDF) Zohry, Bond, AUC English Contemporary Egyptian Migration: And Overview of Voluntary and Forced Migration
Ghana, Egypt, poverty, migration, econometrics, modeling October 2005, 48 pages, (PDF) Wheeler, Sabates, Castaldo, IDS English Tackling Poverty-Migration Linkages: Evidence from Egypt and Ghana
migration, rural, poverty, livelihoods, sustainability, vulnerability December 2003, 22 pages (PDF) Waddington&Wheeler, IDS, Sussex English How Does Poverty Affect Migration Choice? A Review of Literature
migration, child-growth, vulnerability, sex-bias, rural June 2006, 32 pages, (PDF) Mansuri, World Bank English Migration, Sex-Bias and Child Growth in Rural Pakistan
land, water, natural resources, poverty, policy, population, development, poverty, migration, rural poverty, agriculture 1992, 88 pages, (PDF) Bilsborrow, World Development Report English Rural Poverty, Migration, and the Developing Environment: Three Case Studies (Latin America, desertification in Sudan, Indonesia)
rural-urban migration, development, rural development, poverty 2000, 30 pages (MSWord) Ellis and Harris, Uni E. Anglia English New thinking about Rural and Urban Development
migration, poverty, policy June 2003, 20 pages, (PDF) Ronald Skeldon, Uni Sussex English Migration and Poverty
livelihood strategy, poverty, migration, vulnerability, development May 2006, 11 pages, (PDF) IMSCOE Workshop English Poverty, Vulnerability and Migration Choice
poverty, migration, MDG, remittances, gender, rights March 2006, 53 pages, (PDF) DIFID English Moving out of Poverty - Making Migration Work Better for Poorer People
poverty, globalization, migration, MDG June 2006,  23 pages, (PDF) Sawada & Estudillo, UNU English Trade, Migration, and Poverty Reduction in the Globalizing Economy: The Case Study of the Philippines
migration, history, patterns, remittances, regional April 2005, 38 pages, (PDF) de Haas, CIDIN English Global Migration Perspectives: Morocco's Migration Transition: Trends, Determinants and Future Scenarios
case study October 2005, 18 pages, (PDF) Nwajiuba, Imo State Uni, Nigera English Global Migration Perspectives: International Migration and Livelihoods in Southeastern Nigera
water, migration, poverty, desertification, ecosystem, soil degradation March 2006, 3 pages (PDF) Millennium Ecosystem Assessment English Land and Water Scarcity as Drivers of Migration and Conflicts
remittances, migration, poverty, labour, policy August 2005, 69 pages (MSWord) Page & Plaza, World Bank English Migration Remittances and Development: A Review of Global Evidence
Afghanistan, migration, income diversification, poverty January 2005, 30 pages (PDF) Ghobadi, Koettl, Vakis English Moving Out of Poverty: Migration Insights from Rural Afghanistan
migration, poverty, agriculture, urbanization, development, labour, gender July 2004, 50 pages, (MSWord) Nadje Al-Ali, Uni Exeter English The Relationship Between Migration within and from the Middle East and North Africa and Pro-Poor Policies
poverty dynamics, NARA, micro-growth regression, migration 2003, 38 pages, (PDF) McColloch, World Bank English Pathways Out of Poverty During and Economic Crisis: An Empirical Assessment of Rural Indonesia
urbanization, migration, industrialization, poverty, Turkey, policy September 2006, 22 pages, (PDF) Evcil, Domeci, Kirgolu, 46th Conference of RSA English Regional Migration in Turkey: Its Directions and Determinants
regional convergance, regional growth, internal migration, fixed effects, IV estimation April 2007, 42 pages, (PDF) Kirdar&Saracogulu, MPRA English Migration and Regional Convergence : An Empirical Investigation for Turkey
migration, remittances, regional development, local development, transfer March 2004, 119 pages (PDF) Amoroso, FEMISE English A Favorable Macro-Economic Environment, Innovative Financial Instruments and International Partnership to Channel Worker's Remittances towards the promotion of local development: Morocco and Tunisa
migration, trade, MENA, labour 2004, 49 pages, (PDF) de Silva&Jauregui, World Bank English Migration and Trade in MENA: Problems

Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
SAM, CGE, Non-tariff barriers, trade, reform February 2007, 27 pages, (PDF) Gaitan & Lucke, Uni Hamburg English The Barcelona Initiative and the Importance of NTBs: A Dynamic CGE-Analysis for Syria
liberalization, policy, reform, fiscal policy, Barcelona process, Syria, SAM analysis March 2001, 20 pages (PDF) Lucke, Hamburg English Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization: The Case of Syria
liberalization, policy, reform, fiscal policy, Barcelona process, Syria, SAM May 2001, 149 pages (PDF) Lucke, Hamburg English Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization: The Case of Jordan and Syria
SAM, environment, MENA, Morocco October 2000, 49 pages, (PDF) Ben Ali, FEMISE French Comptabilité de l’environnement dans le cadre d’une matrice des comptes sociaux :le cas du Maroc
Syria, tariff barriers, trade, protection, SAM, CGE August 2004, 22 pages (PDF) Chemingui and Dessus English Assessing Non-Tariff Barriers in Syria
GAMS, SAM, poverty December 2000, 27 pages, (PDF) Robinsion, El-Said, IFPRI English GAMS Code for Estimating A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Using Cross Entropy (CE) Methods

Natural Resources Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
natural resources, growth, agriculture, policy, corruption 2000, 26 pages, (PDF) Gylfason, Uni. Iceland English Resources, Agriculture, and Economic Growth in Economies in Transition
MENA, EU, natural resources, water, policy August 2002, 124 pages, (PDF) Kroll (ed.), POLAGWAT English Agricultural Water Use and Sectoral Policies in Mediterranean Countries
environment, public opinion, Syria, Arab, MENA, resources, information June 2006, 18 pages (PDF) Tolba & Saab, OPEC English Arab Public Opinion and the Environment: Report of an 18 Country Survey
poverty, resources, biofuels, agriculture for development June 2007, 6 pages, (PDF) Peskett et al, Natural Resource Perspectives English Biofuels, Agriculture and Poverty Reduction
poverty, aridity, land, erosion, policy June 2001, 40 pages, (PDF) Rae, Arab, Nordblom, Jani, Gintzburger, IFPRI English Tribes, State, and Technology Adoption in Arid Land Management, Syria
water, management, MENA November 2005, 9 pages (PDF) Arafa, Thompson, El-Fattal English Water Demand Management in MENA
water, irrigation, agriculture, resource management, data August 2001, 127 pages, (PDF) World Bank English Syrian Arab Republic: Irrigation Sector Report
natural resource management, agriculture, rural August 1999, 83 pages, (PDF) Pender, IFPRI English Rural Population Growth, Agricultural Change, and Natural Resource Management in Developing Countries
water, conflict, regional, Turkey, Iraq, resources 1999, 15 pages, (PDF) Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs English Water Issues Between Turkey, Syria and Iraq
land, natural resources, desertification, poverty, development 3 pages, (PDF) Syrian Government English Summary of National Report of Syria
natural resources, poverty, land, erosion, policy 2006, 6 pages, (PDF) IDRC Arabic Desertification and Poverty the Same War
MENA, water, deficit, international trade, virtual water, food, trade January 2003, 19 pages, (PDF) Hakiaiman English Water Scarcity and Food Imports: An Empricial Investigation of the 'Virtual Water' Hypothesis in the MENA Region
drought management, dryland agriculture, MENA September 2001, 45 pages, (PDF) Hazell, Oram and Chaherli, IFPRI English Managing Droughts in the Low Rainfall Areas of the MENA
water, poverty, management, livelihood, vulnerability, awareness 2006, 82 pages, (PDF) Multi English Linking Poverty Reduction and Water Management
water, urban, rural, managment, poverty 2006, 80 pages, (PDF) Molle&Berkhoff, IWMI English Cities versus Agriculture: Revisiting Intersectoral Water Transfers, Potential Gains and Conflicts
water, conflict, Euro-Med, agriculture, management, natural resources July 2000, 30 pages (PDF) Ganoulis, FEMISE English Managing and Resolving Water-Related Conflicts in Agricultural Euro-Mediterranean Trade Agreements
water transfers, water scarcity, agricultural production, supply and demand, demand management August 1999, 48 pages (PDF) Rosegrant & Ringler, IFPRI English Impact on Food Security and Rural Development of Reallocating Water from Agriculture
computable general equilibrium model, water, sustainable water supply, virtual water, water scarcity 2006, 28 pages, (PDF) Berritella et al. English The Economic Impact of Restricted Water Supply: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
water pricing, irrigation water, multi-criterion analysis, compromise planning, Spain, Greece March 2001, 17 pages, (PDF) Ganoulis, FEMISE English Ranking Alternative Strategies in Agricultural Water Use in the Euro-Mediterranean Area
water, Syria, irrigation, drinking water, agriculture March 2007, 3 pages, (PDF) University Zaragoza English National Report on Monitoring Progress and Promotion of Water Demand Management Policies

Sustainable Development Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
rural poverty, land reform, Brazil, policy, environment, poverty reduction 2005, 24 pages, (PDF) Boyce, Rosset & Stanton, UniMass English Land Reform and Sustainable Development
policy coherence, agricultural policy, MDG, agricultural trade, sustainable development 2005, 17 pages (PDF) Matthews & Giblin, TCD English Policy Coherence,  Agriculture and Development
poverty, rural, livelihood, livelihood strategy, policy 2001, 154 pages, (PDF) DFID English Sustainable Livelihood Guidance Sheet
Sustainable Development, environment, policy, investment, water, natural resources, education, Syria 2002 World Summit Sust. Development, 22 pages, (MSWord) Syrian Government English The Syrian National Strategy Report for Sustainable Development
population, agriculture, rural, development, economy, trade, food security, natural resources, rural development Report 2005, 321 pages, (PDF) CIHEAM English Agriculture, fishery, food and sustainable rural development in the Mediterranean region
sustainable development, Islam, Shari'ah 2006, 17 pages (PDF) Hasan, MPRA English Sustainable Development from an Islamic Perspective: meaning implications and policy concerns

Non-Agricultural Activities in Rural Areas (NARA) Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
RNFE, NARA, policy, economic growth, income July 2003, 38 pages, (PDF) Davis, Bezemer, DIFID, World Bank English Key Emerging and Conceptual Issues in the Development of the rural non-farm economy in developing and transition countries  

Nutrition and Food Security Ãtop


Key Words Publication Details Author Language Title Image
gender, food security, policies, development 2006, 156 pages, (PDF) Quisumbing& McClafferty, IFPRI English Food Security in Practice: Using Gender Research in Development
nutrition, micronutrient deficiency, economic development, MENA August 1999, 84 pages, (PDF) World Bank English Toward a Virtuous Circle: A Nutrition Review of the Middle East and North Africa
water transfers, water scarcity, agricultural production, supply and demand, demand management August 1999, 48 pages (PDF) Rosegrant & Ringler, IFPRI English Impact on Food Security and Rural Development of Reallocating Water from Agriculture