Social policy in the Middle East and North Africa

Part of the New Horizons and Social Policy series, Social Policy in the Middle East and North Africa offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region by critically reviewing the range of social insurance and social assistance schemes that are currently in existence there.

It also analyses and offers suggestions on which of these policies can positively impact the region’s advancement in terms of human development and in addressing social and economic inequalities and exclusion. 

Contents

1. Introduction - Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub
2. Theoretical and Policy Contexts of Social Policy in MENA - Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub
3. Social protection schemes in the Middle East and North Africa: not fair, not efficient, not effective? - Markus Loewe 
4. Social Policy and Social Change in MENA: A North African Perspective - Hicham Ait Mansour and Rana Jawad 
5. The Coverage Gap in the Egyptian Social Protection System: Challenges and Opportunities - Irene Selwaness and Mahmood Messkoub
6. Cash Transfers in Iran -Mahmood Messkoub
7. A pathway to social justice? Social protection and disability in the State of Palestine - Bassam Abu-Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Paola Pereznieto and Mohammed Shaheen 
8. Child Refugees from Syria: Challenges for Social Protection - Jose Azoh Barry and Rana Jawad 
9. Interrogating the potential of a cash plus approach to tackle multi-dimensional vulnerability in humanitarian contexts: the case of Syrian refugees in Jordan - Bassam Abu Hamad, Nicola Jones, Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Fiona Samuels and Ingrid Gercama 
10. Social Protection, Political Mobilisation and Islamic NGOs in Iraq post-2003 - Janan Aljabiri and Rana Jawad
11. Social accountability, citizenship, and social protection in the MENA region: Exploring the linkages - Sylvia I. Bergh (Associate professor at ISS)
12. Conclusion: Synthesis and policy recommendations - Rana Jawad, Nicola Jones and Mahmood Messkoub