Recent advances in information technology made capital and technology rather than labor the main mobile factors of production, creating additional challenges to the development and utilization of human resources. An examination of the quality of basic education and skill composition of Arab...

The paper starts with the premise that the basic requirement of an Islamic economic system is that decisions pass through an Islamic filter. It is shown that the requirement of a moral filter is not unique to Islamic economic systems. The objective of the paper is to examine whether, given a...

The purpose of the paper is to examine the role population dynamics plays as a source of social and political conflict or disorder. The conclusions reached are based on conceptual analyses and empirical observations from African, Asian and Middle East countries. The main conclusion of the paper...

The women's initiative launched by the United Nations Decade for Women has sparked unresolved controversy over the consequences of mothers' increased participation in economically productive activities on children's well-being. Clearly, in many developing countries, poor mothers face stringent...