Current Research Projects

Members of the network conduct a wide range of research. Below are some of the projects our members are involved with.

GW4 Accelerator Grant on Transnational Social Protection

Background:

The AHRC Development Award is a project led by Rana Jawad in collaboration with MENASP network partners. The 12 month grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council will fund a strategic programme of network development activities in the MENA region. These include building strategic partnerships in the region, research capacity building and spin-off research activities.

 

Social Mobilization for Social Policy: building the policy-making of state and society in the Arab region

This project is a two-year policy analysis program which aims to refine the understanding of social policy development in the MENA region, identify successful models of social policy design, formulation and implementation, and put forward ideas to advance and strengthen the social policy-making capacity of state and non-state actors in the Arab region.

Featured Projects

Discover current publications and projects a selection of our network members are working on.


Featured Publications

Explore our selection of our network members’ current publications


MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Between Benevolence and Residualism: Understanding Social Assistance in the Social Policy framework of the MENA region
Dr Rana Jawad
Policy Innovation Case Studies
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Special Issue: The Fragility-Grievances-Conflict Triangle in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Edited by Pro Timo Kivimäki and Dr Rana Jawad
MDPI Journals
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Understanding the Policy Framework for the Provision of Social Protection to Refugees in Egypt
Ghada Barsoum
MENASP Network
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Policies and programmes to promote child well-being in the Gulf countries
Anis Ben Brik, Jennifer E. Lansford and Heba Al Fara
online
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Lebanon’s Standard Operating Procedures for the Protection of Children
Dr Thomas El-Hoss
Policy Innovation Case Studies
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
The Governance and Institutional Capacity for Social Policy in Conflict-Affected Countries in the MENA Region
Rana Jawad
MENASP Network
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: The New Social Protection Paradigm and Universal Coverage
Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub
Edward Elgar Publishing
MENASP Hosted Content
Featured
Fighting Against Violent Extremism in Iraq: A More Inclusive Democratic Approach
Dr Talip Alkhayer
Policy Innovation Case Studies
External  Content
Academic paper
Mother-Daughter Communication About Sexual and Reproductive Health in Rural Areas of Alexandria, Egypt, Population Reference Bureau
Yasmine Muhammad, Heba Mamdouh
Population Reference Bureau
External  Content
Academic paper
Wife’s Earnings, Child Nutrition, and Gender-Based Violence in Egypt, Middle East Development Journal
John Simister and Hassan Zaky
Middle East Development Journal
External  Content
Book
Social Policy in the Middle East: Economic, Political and Gender Dynamics, United Research Institute for Social Development
Massoud Karshenas
UNRISD
External  Content
Non-academic paper
Unintended Pregnancies in the Middle East and North Africa, Population Reference Bureau
Population Reference Bureau
Population Reference Bureau
External  Content
Academic paper
Monitoring progress towards universal health coverage: recent developments, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
David B. Evans, Ties Boerma, Marie-Paule Kieny
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
External  Content
Non-academic paper
The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010, The World Bank
World Bank Group
World Bank Group
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