… 1. The Region Needs Inclusive Growth Now More Than Ever Since our last conference in Amman in 2014, countries in the region have placed job creation and inclusive growth at the heart of their reform agendas. There has been progress – though not enough. Many are clearly struggling with “how” to scale up reform implementation, and turn these priorities…
Gender Issues
A Marrakech, Christine Lagarde plaide pour “plus d’infrastructures, plus de dépenses sociales…”
…Selon une note du FMI sur le sujet, « les citoyens de la région s’inquiètent du fait que les opportunités et l’accès aux services publics ne sont pas les mêmes pour tous. D’après l’enquête Arab Barometer, 70 % des citoyens estiment que les efforts gouvernementaux pour réduire l’écart entre les riches et les pauvres sont peu, voire très peu, efficaces…
The Road to Higher and More Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
Despite recent gains, regional growth remains too low and the benefits are shared by too few. Average incomes are stagnant, and poverty is rising in areas of conflict. Frustration runs high over the lack of job opportunities and access to affordable, high-quality public services. The call during the 2014 Amman Conference1 to generate robust growth, create jobs, provide equal opportunities,…
Le FMI pointe du doigt la montée des “frustrations”
…“Les citoyens de la région s’inquiètent du fait que les opportunités et l’accès aux services publics ne sont pas les mêmes pour tous”, note le FMI. D’après l’enquête “Arab Barometer”, effectuée pour la période 2012-2014 dans 12 pays dont l’Algérie, 70% des citoyens estiment que “les efforts gouvernementaux pour réduire l’écart entre les riches et les pauvres sont peu, voire…
L’Algérie célèbre l’anniversaire de sa Révolution, entre fierté et défis
…Selon une étude réalisée par l’Arab Barometer, le point de vue des Algérien(ne)s sur les questions sociales et religieuses évoluerait en effet plutôt vers un conservatisme plus marqué. L’étude révèle en effet que pour la majorité des répondants, l’enseignement universitaire est plus important pour les garçons que pour les filles, tandis que les femmes mariées ne devraient pas travailler à…
Women, information ecology, and political protest in the Middle East
Does internet usage increase the likelihood of political protest, and is the effect larger among women than men? Using data from three waves of the Arab Barometer Survey, historical research and interviews with women activists, this paper contributes to the growing body of literature on information ecology and contentious politics in the Middle East. We hypothesized that the internet increases…
Historical Legacies and Gender Attitudes in the Middle East
This paper focuses on transformations of gender attitudes in a set of Arab societies covered by the Arab Barometer. We analyze age and cohort differences in thirteen countries using generalized additive modeling (GAM). We argue that stagnation or even retrogression of gender attitudes in some societies may be caused in part by an ideological shift of the 1970s–1980s, from largely…
Gender Equality and MENA Women’s Empowerment in the Aftermath of the 2011 Uprisings
This paper examines gender equality and women’s empowerment in the MENA following the 2011 Arab Uprisings. The paper reports findings from the ArabTrans survey, a comparative public opinion survey carried out in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia in 2014. Around 1,500 respondents were interviewed in each country on a range of questions including a module on gender attitudes….
Gender Ideals in Turbulent Times: An Examination of Insecurity, Islam, and Muslim Men’s Gender Attitudes during the Arab Spring
Using Arab Barometer data (2011), the authors examine Muslim men’s gender attitudes in four predominantly Muslim Middle Eastern and North African countries (Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, and Yemen) during the Arab Spring. They examine if living in insecurity – which may threaten men’s ability to attain masculine ideals – is related to male overcompensation, evident in strong support for patriarchal gender…
Explaining Egalitarian Attitudes: The Role of Interests and Exposure
Women’s exclusion from the workforce in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a substantial problem. The Middle East has the world’s lowest rates of female labor froce participation — 26 perecent compared to 54 percent worldwide (USAID 2014) — and a gender gap in youth unemployment — 43 percent for females and 25 percent for males (Barnes 2013)….