Informality has been a persistent feature of Arab economies. In recent years, the shift to informality has been on the rise, featuring evolutions that make its negative impact even harsher on the society and the economy. We approach informality from the worker’s perspective, starting with the necessary preconditions for specific … Read more
Despite a sustained period of falling unemployment pre-pandemic, many workers across the G20 have been displaced from middle income employment into insecure, low income, poor-quality work. Compounded by the impact of COVID-19, this paucity of “good jobs” has both economic and societal impacts and contributes to distrust in institutions and … Read more
This policy brief stresses the importance of diagnostics as effective first-line defenses against the transmission of pandemic diseases such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). National governments cannot always be relied upon to ensure timely access to diagnostics during a pandemic. Hence, we propose the creation of a global coordinating platform … Read more
The Group of 20 (G20) countries are experiencing or starting to experience the impacts of demographic change on their economies. The reduced working population in the G20’s aging societies necessitates a social transition to maintain labor productivity and fiscal sustainability. Given this situation, this policy brief recommends four proposals to … Read more
It is only recently that the international community has begun referring to tackling the root causes of migration. The importance of job creation has emerged as one of the key ways to convince young people to stay in their countries of origin. However, solely creating jobs is insufficient if the … Read more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have provided a massive fiscal and monetary stimulus. While this policy is welcome in the short run, it does not address the underlying problem in the medium and long run. The reason is that the pandemic has not given rise … Read more
This Policy Brief is offered to the Saudi T20 process, as a recommendation to the G20 in 2020. Many of the prominent challenges of the twenty-first century, including the current dissatisfaction of population groups who feel left behind by globalization and technological advance, may be viewed in terms of a … Read more
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