The Middle East: Facing Major Development Challenges
Jul 2, 2022 · Discover the development challenges facing countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including economic, social, and environmental obstacles. read more!
Women as agents of change in the MENA region?
3 days ago · Across the MENA region, women’s participation in the workforce remains among the lowest globally, but trends since 2010 diverge sharply across sub-regions. Drawing on data …
Social Protection in the MENA Region: Realities, Challenges, and …
Sep 11, 2025 · This article offers a nuanced and humane perspective on the realities of social protection in the MENA region, examines the challenges impeding its progress, and envisions …
Critical Review of Social Policy’s Role in Peacebuilding in MENA: …
Jun 11, 2025 · This study employed a comprehensive desk-based review to analyze the relationship between social policy and peacebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa …
The paper concludes with recommendations for comprehensive strategies – combining economic reforms, targeted interventions, and governance improvements – to reduce youth …
As this report demonstrates, empirical examples of how social welfare and social justice grievances directly fuel conflict in MENA now abound, highlighting the importance of …
Towards Inclusive and Democratic Governance in MENA: Challenges …
Mar 20, 2025 · Experts examine the challenges and prospects of inclusive governance and democratic transition in the Middle East.
The MENA region’s uneasy path towards reforms - Atlantic Council
Oct 7, 2022 · Decade-old geopolitical transformations have impacted the Middle East and North Africa’s (MENA) efforts to implement socioeconomic reforms. More recently, the Ukraine war’s …
Social Protection Reforms in the Mena Region: Possibilities and Challenges
In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in particular, social protection systems are relatively weak and have been strained, already in the pre-pandemic period, by several challenges and …
Well-Being, Social Policies and Development in the Middle East
Given the recent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, it also explores MENA country responses and the challenges that remain for social policy.