A new paper by Professor Ragui Assaad, "School-to-Work Transitions for Egypt's Youth," published in Open Access Government, examines the structural reforms in Egypt that have made the school-to-work transition for Egyptian youth more difficult and less equal.
Professor Ragui Assaad co-authored a report, "Refugees and the education of host populations: Evidence from the Syrian inflow to Jordan," examining the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians.
Professor Ragui Assaad has been awarded a mini grant from the University of Minnesota's Human Rights Initiative to support his research project, “Land Rights as Human Rights: Struggles and Resistance of Landless Dalits in India.”
Professor Ragui Assaad authored a paper for Open Access Government that explores the upcoming resumption of demographic pressures on the Egyptian labor market and what can be done about it.
Professor Ragui Assaad has been named to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee on Women’s Empowerment, Population Dynamics, and Socioeconomic Development.
Professor Ragui Assaad is co-editor of a new book, The Egyptian Labor Market: A Focus on Gender and Economic Vulnerability, recently published by Oxford University Press.
Building on analysis of the care economy in the Arab States, this report produces evidence–based policy recommendations for investing in the care economy in the region, and includes country case studies from Egypt, Jordan, the State of Palestine, and Tunisia.