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Breaking Barriers: Scaffolding Social‐Symbolic Work for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This study advances the understanding of Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) in non‐Western contexts by theorizing how social‐symbolic work facilitates empowerment despite entrenched institutional and cultural constraints. Drawing on a qualitative study into the establishment of Kuwait’s first women’s business incubator, we explore how female ...
Mohsen Abumuamar, Juliane Reinecke
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US Strategy Toward the Bahrain Popular Movement [PDF]
رهیافتهای سیاسی و بین المللی, 2019 The Persian Gulf region has always been considered as one of the world's most sensitive areas because of its geopolitical, geostrategic, and geo-economic significance. According to Graham Fuller, this region is located in the global energy oval.
hamid dorj, Enayatollah Yazdani
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Health issues among Nepalese migrant workers in the Middle East [PDF]
, 2011 Background: There is little specific published research which examines the health issues among Nepalese migrant workers in the Middle Eastern countries. In particular, it examines the nature and quality of health care situation, work-related health risks,
Adhikary, Pratik +2 more
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Orthopaedic Surgery, EarlyView.MRI‐derived bone quality metrics are reliable predictors of cage subsidence following ACDF. Their implementation may be used to guide surgical planning and improve outcomes. ABSTRACT Objective Cage subsidence following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is linked with poor bone quality.
Omar Lubbad +8 more
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The long-run relationship between savings and investment in oil-exporting developing countries: A case study of the Gulf Arab States [PDF]
The relationship between national saving and investment over the long term is examined for six Gulf Arab oil-exporting developing countries -- Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Basher, Syed Abul, Fachin, Stefano
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Permanent Revenue in an Energy‐Exporting Economy: A New Test for Fiscal Equilibrium
Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fiscal disequilibrium arises when permanent expenditures (PEXP) exceed permanent revenue (PREV), a frequent risk in energy‐exporting economies reliant on volatile windfall revenues. However, existing research lacks a clear measure of these concepts and an empirical test for fiscal equilibrium.
Akeem Rahaman, Scott Mark Romeo Mahadeo
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Regional monetary integration in the member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council [PDF]
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plans to introduce a single currency by 2010 in its six member states, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This paper focuses on selected macroeconomic and institutional issues and key policy choices
Michael Sturm, Nikolaus Siegfried
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The e-government implementation directions in Oman: A preliminay investigation [PDF]
, 2010 Electronic government has established itself as the primary enabler for transforming the way government services are offered to citizens. In the gulf countries, public sector transformation efforts are focused towards increasing accessibility ...
Al-Busaidy, M, Weerakkody, V
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Environmental Politics in North and East Syria/Rojava: A Scoping and Conceptual Literature Review
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article presents a scoping and conceptual literature review on environmental politics in North and East Syria/Rojava. The review aims to synthesize existing academic research in English on the interplay between armed conflict and environmental change in the region, focusing on the Kurdish‐led socio‐political model known as the Autonomous ...
Pinar Dinc +2 more
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Aid to Fight AIDS: An Empirical Analysis of HIV‐Specific Development Aid Effectiveness
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using an excludable instrument for HIV‐specific aid, we investigate its effectiveness on HIV outcomes viz., prevalence and death rates. We theorize that HIV‐specific aid fills the funding gap that prevents governments from committing adequate resources to effectively address the epidemic.
Derek Nolan +1 more
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