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South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique?
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Turgut Ozal University
, 2015 , Article)
South-South Solutions for GCC Food Security and East African Agricultural Development: What potential role for the IsDB and Qatar North Mozambique?
With a fast growing world population and decreasing arable land availability ...
No (Gulf) Country for Syrian Refugees
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The Council on Foreign Relations
, 2015 , Article)
A common reaction to the ongoing migrant crisis has been to blame Europe: how can the wealthy nations of western Europe allow such a tragedy? More recently, however, media and popular scrutiny have turned back toward the ...
The Determinants of Youth Unemployment in Qatar
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Middle East Economic Association and Loyola University Chicago
, 2015 , Article)
While Qatari unemployment is low compared to regional standards, unemployment is
even more concentrated among first time job-seeking youth than in other countries in the Arab
world. This paper examines the factors that ...
Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale among Qatari young women
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World Health Organization
, 2015 , Article)
The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) is a measure of people’s beliefs about their capacity to cope
with life’s demands. Self-efficacy may be particularly relevant in transitional stages such as in late adolescence,
when ...
Estimating and decomposing changes in the White–Black homeownership gap from 2005 to 2011
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SAGE Publications
, 2015 , Article)
This study evaluates the effects of the recent US housing bust on the White–Black homeownership
gap by estimating and decomposing the changes in the distribution of the gap between 2005
and 2011. Our analysis shows that ...
THIRD-PARTY PRESENCE EFFECT WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING
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Oxford University Press
, 2015 , Article)
This paper attempts to measure the effect of third-party presence during
the interview on sensitive questions about women’s empowerment in
Morocco, a country with Muslim culture and traditions. Data are from
the 2003 ...
Citizens’ attitudes towards migrant workers in Qatar
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2015 , Article)
Public attitudes play a critical role in shaping policies towards immigration and the
status of migrant workers. Facing growing pressure from international human rights
organizations, media and other groups, the Gulf ...