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The Case of Missing Foreign Investment in the Southern Mediterranean
Petri, Peter - 1997
The developing countries of the Southern Mediterranean (SOM) have missed the extraordinary surge of private international investment in recent years. Although the SOM region was an important destination for foreign direct investments, its share of world FDI has declined. In 1994, private capital...
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The relationship between inclusive institutions, proximate causes of growth, and economic growth : a case study of the four mandate territories of Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Tr...
Schein, Andrew - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 50 (2016) 1, pp. 95-120
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The neglected Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the Syrian refugee crisis
Erslev Andersen, Lars - 2016
unrest. Many of the approx. 53.000 Palestinians from Syria among the refugees are placed in the existing Palestine camps …Based on fieldwork in Lebanon a new report from DIIS focuses on how the Palestine refugees living in camps since 1948 … it is clear the crisis has led to a decrease in services in the camps and Palestine refugees see themselves somehow …
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Social norms and attitudes linked to waterpipe use in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Afifi, Rima; Khalil, Joanna; Fouad, Fouad; Hammal, Fadi; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 125-134
Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is on the rise globally, particularly among vulnerable populations such as youth and women. Increasing knowledge about toxicant yield from waterpipe tobacco and deleterious health effects points to the potential for a health epidemic. WTS is often viewed as a safe...
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Socioeconomic Rights of Refugees in Times of Crisis : The Case of Palestinians in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria
Khalil, Asem - 2010
Refugees and migrants’ choice to move from host country to third ones depend largely on the margin of rights they enjoy in host country, the freedom of movement to their country of origin and to third countries. This paper argues that Palestinian refugeehood is a major destabilizing factor in...
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Palestinian Refugees from Syria (PRS) in Jordan : The State of Exclusivism
Eshnaiwer, Raed - 2015
The plight of Palestinian refugees from Syria exceeds the limits of the normal refugee issue: it is more than an issue …
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Socio-Economic Conditions of Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon
Bolesta, Andrzej - 2006
The socio-economic conditions of Palestinians in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon depend on various political and economic … living. In Syria, Palestinians enjoy almost the same rights, or rather their lack, as Syrian nationals. However, the …
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Syria and Lebanon under French mandate
Longrigg, Stephen Hemsley - 1958
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