Middle East

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Saudi Arabia Could Rewrite Its Record on Labor Mobility by Ending Kafala

Rebekah Smith
March 03, 2020
Saudi Arabia, for decades, has been a symbol of the dangers facing migrants, while simultaneously being responsible for vast poverty reduction in migrant families. 
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The Jordan Compact: Three Years on, Where Do We Stand?
Cindy Huang
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Kate Gough
March 11, 2019
The 2016 Jordan Compact was game-changing to how host countries and the international community respond to protracted refugee situations.
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Tackling the Realities of Protracted Displacement: Case Studies on What’s Working and Where We Can Do Better
Cindy Huang et al.
April 17, 2018
The international community has come together in new ways to address forced displacement—one of the biggest challenges of the early twenty-first century.
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The Two Faces of Middle East Economies
Masood Ahmed
February 07, 2018
Like the mythical Roman god Janus, there are two faces to most of the economies of the MENA region. We can call them the young and the old. And that the choice for MENA governments to make is not which face of Janus to support, but rather how to ensure that both can co-exist and prosper.  ...