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Preface / Wassim Shahin and Ghassan Dibeh -- Some introductory observations on poverty and earnings : inequality in the Arab world / Elias H. Tuma -- Measurement of inequality : motivation and survey / Sourushe Zandvakili -- Unraveling the paradox in Egypt's trends in income : inequality and poverty / Ayman Kandeel and Jeffrey B. Nugent -- Trade reform and the poor in Morocco : a rural-urban general equilibrium analysis of reduced protection / Hans Lofgren -- Earning profiles of women workers and education in the Middle East / E. Mine Cinar -- Fiscal policy and social welfare in selected MENA countries / Muhammad Q. Islam -- Does structural adjustment spell relief from unemployment? : a comparison of four IMF "success stories" in the Middle East and North Africa / Karen Pfeifer -- Earnings, education, experience, and gender : Kuwaiti evidence / Salim Chishti and Badria Khalaf -- What accounts for earnings inequality in Jordan and how can labor policies help reduce poverty? / Zafiris Tzannatos -- Unemployment, low wages, and income inequality : the triangle of poverty in the Middle East and North Africa / Berch Berberoglu -- Ideology, economic restructuring, and women's work in Iran (1976-1996) / Fatemeh E. Moghadem. |
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