International Conference

"The Unemployment Crisis in the Arab Countries"

(17-18 March 2008, Cairo- Egypt)

 

Conference Papers

 

Economic Growth and Unemployment in Arab Countries: Is Okun’s Law Valid?

Imad A. Moosa

 

Understanding Unemployment in the Arab Region: Towards a Policy Framework

Syed Ahsan and Xing-Fei Liu

 

Informality, Economic Development, and Employment in the Arab World

Ibrahim A. Elbadawi and Norman V. Loayza

 

Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions: Theory and Evidence from the GCC

Mohamed O. Suliman and Mohmoud Sami Nabi

 

Unemployment in Algeria: An Analytical Approach

Chibi Abderrahim and Shakouri Mohamed

 

Towards a Better Role for the Private Sector in Solving the Unemployment Problem in Gulf Countries The Case of Kuwait

Ramadan Al-Sharrah

 

Effectiveness of Education and Training System in Arab Countries and Implication for the Unemployment Rates in the Region: A Case Study of Algeria

Dahmani M. Drouche and Boutaleb Kouider

 

Evaluation of Labour Market Strategies to Resowe the the Unemployment Challenges in Kuwait

Belkacem Laabas

 

Labor Market Pressures in Egypt: Why is the Unemployment Rate Stubbornly High?

Mohamed Hassan and Cyrus Sassanpour

 

Assessing the Employment Effect of FDI Inflows to Egypt : Does the Mode of Entry Matter?

Nada Massoud

 

Factors Affecting Unemployment in Syria

Imadeddin Almosabbeh

 

Unemployment and Employment in Iraq : A Gender Analysis

Adnan Y. Mustafa