Despite its many advantages, the Eastern and Southern Mediterranean region remains relatively backward in economic and social terms and is rightly considered a potential source of social and political instability. Its average GDP per capita lags behind the global average and is increasing slowly...

Although most Arab countries remain authoritarian, many have undergone a restructuring of state-society relations. Lower- and middle-class interest groups have lost ground, while big business has benefited in terms of its integration into policy-making and the opening-up of economic sectors that...

Die gemeinnützigen Unternehmen der Freien Wohlfahrtspflege sind Marktführer beim Angebot sozialer Dienste, stellen über 1,1 Mio. Arbeitsplätze bereit und leisten einen Beitrag von etwa 2% zum Volkseinkommen. Trotz verschiedener Gesetzesreformen beherrschen staatliche Regulierungen, ein...