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Going to school in the Middle East and North Africa by Ofori-Attah, Kwabena Dei, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…North Africa and the Middle East : the region defined -- The foundations of modern education in the Middle East and North Africa -- Innovations in the curriculum -- The education systems in the Middle East and North Africa -- Higher education in the Middle East and North Africa -- Innovations in the curriculum : special needs education -- Gender and schooling.…”
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Expanding opportunities for the next generation : early childhood development in the Middle East and North Africa / by El-Kogali, Safaa, Krafft, Carolyn

Subjects: “…Early childhood education Middle East.…”
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Library and information science in the Middle East and North Africa /

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Knowledge economies in the Middle East and North Africa toward new development strategies /

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Opening doors gender equality and development in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…-- Religion is too simplistic an explanation -- Oil endowments alone cannot explain the paradox either -- Social norms and the legal framework limit women's agency -- Social and cultural norms constrain women's roles outside the home -- Evolving norms and the invisible hand of marriage -- Equality under the law and its enforcement is critical for women's agency -- Legal systems differ widely and derive from multiple sources -- Legal constraints to women's agency in MENA -- Economic incentives dampen participation in the workforce -- A social contract underpinned by a generous but costly welfare state -- Extensive public sector employment with generous compensation -- Generous subsidies encourage women to stay at home -- State regulation and intervention in the market -- Heavy investment in education, but not the kind that businesses want -- Unequal access to entrepreneurship opportunities -- The time for reform is now -- Aspirations are changing -- As education levels increase, female labor force participation will likely increase -- A demographic gift? …”
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Jobs for shared prosperity time for action in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…-- Aligning incentives to invest, innovate, and generate employment -- Regulatory framework of the labor market : overcoming segmentation -- Education and training systems : realigning incentives for skills that matter and making employability count -- The road ahead -- The political economy of inclusion -- Appendix: Main data sources.…”
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Jewish culture and society in North Africa

Table of Contents: “…Land -- Education for Jewish girls in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Tunis and the spread of French in Tunisia / Keith Walters -- "Les temps héroïques" : the Alliance israélite universelle in Marrakech on the eve of the French protectorate / Jonathan G. …”
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