الصفحة الرئيسية
Challenges facing the Egyptian education system: Access, quality, and inequality [Arabic] (PDF)Krafft,Caroline
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 2)
Publication date: 2012
Female disadvantage in the Egyptian labor market: A youth perspective [Arabic] (PDF)
Sieverding,Maia
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 4)
Publication date: 2012
Is early childhood care and education a good investment for Egypt? Estimates of educational impacts, costs, and benefits [Arabic] (PDF)
Krafft,Caroline
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 3)
Publication date: 2012
Policy brief: Designing and implementing high-quality voluntary family planning programs [Arabic] (PDF)
Publication date: 2012
The reproductive health of young people in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Roushdy,Noha; Sieverding,Maia
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 1)
Publication date: 2012
Youth perspectives on entrepreneurship in Egypt: Barriers to entrepreneurship as a means to combat youth unemployment [Arabic] (PDF)
Sieverding,Maia
Survey of Young People in Egypt Policy Brief (no. 5)
Publication date: 2012
Decrease of youth participation in the labor market in the Palestinian territories: Reasons and determinants from gender prospects [Arabic] (PDF)
Majeed,Ayman Abdul
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 14)
Publication date: 2011
Survey of Young People in Egypt: Final report and data sets [Arabic] (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2010
Job quality in Jordan: An analysis based on a Job Quality Index (JQI) [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Alhawarin,Ibrahim; Salamat,Mamdouh
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 10)
Publication date: 2009
Measures of job quality in Morocco: Creating a composite index [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Abdelkhalek,Touhami; Ajibilou,Aziz; Benkassmi,Mohamed
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 11)
Publication date: 2009
Measuring and operationalizing job quality in Egypt [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Assaad,Ragui; Roushdy,Rania; Rashed,Ali
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 7)
Publication date: 2009
The impact of labor market reforms on informality in Egypt [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Wahba,Jackline
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 9)
Publication date: 2009
Trade liberalization, inter-industry wage differentials and job quality in Egyptian manufacturing [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Al Azzawi,Shireen; Said,Mona
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 12)
Publication date: 2009
When there is no respect at work: Job quality issues for women in Egypt's private sector [Arabic translation] (PDF)
Barsoum,Ghada; Rashed,Ali; Hassanein,Dahlia
Gender and Work in the MENA Region Working Paper (no. 8)
Publication date: 2009
"Publications in Arabic," CD-ROM (HTML)
Publication date: 2008
Youth in the Middle East and North Africa: Demographic opportunity or challenge? (PDF)
Assaad,Ragui; Roudi-Fahimi,Farzaneh
PRB Policy Brief, April
Publication date: 2007
Egypt: Are Egyptian couples willing to stop at two children? Results of the Slow Fertility Transition Survey [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 9)
Publication date: 2006
Egypt: Egyptian clients are willing to pay higher prices for reproductive health services [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 10)
Publication date: 2006
In-depth understanding of the reasons of slow fertility transition in Egypt: Key findings and recommendations [Arabic]
FRONTIERS Policy Brief
Publication date: 2006
Providing new opportunities to adolescent girls in socially conservative settings: The Ishraq program in rural Upper Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Assaad,Ragui; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Salem,Abeer; Salem,Rania; Zibani,Nadia
Publication date: 2006
The diverse universe of adolescents, and the girls and boys left behind: A note on research, program and policy priorities [Arabic] (PDF)
Bruce,Judith; Chong,Erica
Paper commissioned by the United Nations Millennium Project for the report Public Choices, Private Decisions: Sexual and Reproductive Health and the Millennium Development Goals
Publication date: 2006
Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries (Executive Summary) [Arabic] (PDF)
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine; panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries; Lloyd,Cynthia B.
Publication date: 2005
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of their fertility goals: Summary of key findings--Phase II [Arabic] (PDF)
Nawar,Laila; Kharboush,Ibrahim; Kader,Magdi Abdel; Makhlouf,Hesham; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla
FRONTIERS Research Update
Publication date: 2005
Maternal health education needed in Pakistan [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(1)
Publication date: 2005
Microbicides: Developing and testing a gel to prevent HIV transmission [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Council Annual Report 2004
Publication date: 2005
Mixed success involving men in maternal care worldwide [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(1)
Publication date: 2005
Poverty and children's schooling in urban and rural Senegal [Arabic] (PDF)
Montgomery,Mark R.; Hewett,Paul C.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 196)
Publication date: 2005
Trends in the timing of first marriage among men and women in the developing world [Arabic] (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Singh,Susheela; Casterline,John B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 202)
Publication date: 2005
Unsafe behaviors most common among poor women [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(1)
Publication date: 2005
Willingness-to-pay for services provided by the Clinical Services Improvement Project (CSI) in Egypt [Arabic]
Bratt,John H.; Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Ibrahim,Magdi A.; Idrees,Mohamed
Summary of Key Findings
Publication date: 2005
A world apart: The disadvantage and social isolation of married adolescent girls [Arabic] (PDF)
Haberland,Nicole; Chong,Erica; Bracken,Hillary J.
Brief based on background paper prepared for the WHO/UNFPA/Population Council Technical Consultation on Married Adolescents
Publication date: 2004
Combating HIV on multiple fronts [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 10(2)
Publication date: 2004
Equitable access to HIV counseling and testing for youth in developing countries: A review of current practice [Arabic] (PDF)
McCauley,Ann P.
Horizons Report
Publication date: 2004
Ishraq project update [Arabic] (PDF)
Ishraq: Safe Spaces to Learn, Play and Grow, Briefing Sheet (no. 5)
Publication date: 2004
Lessons from introducing postabortion care in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 10(3)
Publication date: 2004
Letting girls play: Breaking down barriers in rural Egypt through sports [Arabic] (PDF)
Ishraq: Safe Spaces to Learn, Play and Grow, Briefing Sheet (no. 6)
Publication date: 2004
Making motherhood safer in Egypt (HTML)
Khalil,Karima; Roudi-Fahimi,Farzaneh
Middle East and North Africa Policy Brief
Publication date: 2004
Management of the third stage of labor in an Egyptian teaching hospital [Arabic] (abstract) (PDF)
Cherine,Mohamed; Khalil,Karima; Hassanein,Nevine; Sholkamy,Hania; Breebaart,Miral; Elnoury,Amr
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 87(1):
Publication date: 2004
Population aging and the rising cost of public pensions [Arabic] (PDF)
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 185)
Publication date: 2004
Social Sciences in the Arab World, Turkey and Iran: Determinants, State and Potentials
Publication date: 2004
Tackling stigma and discrimination surrounding HIV/AIDS [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Council Annual Report 2004
Publication date: 2004
The adverse health and social outcomes of sexual coercion: Experiences of young women in developing countries [Arabic] (PDF)
Ganju,Deepika; Finger,William; Jejeebhoy,Shireen J.; Nidadavolu,Vijaya; Santhya,K.G.; Shah,Iqbal; Thapa,Shyam; Warriner,Ina
research brief
Publication date: 2004
The implications of early marriage for HIV/AIDS policy [Arabic]
Bruce,Judith; Clark,Shelley
Publication date: 2004
Too Young to Be a Mother: A Description of the Lives of Married Adolescent Girls in Egypt [Arabic]
El-Gibaly,Omaima; Lee,Susan M.
Publication date: 2004
Understanding induced abortion: Findings from a programme of research in Rajasthan, India [Arabic] (PDF)
research brief
Publication date: 2004
Urban poverty and health in developing countries: Household and neighborhood effects [Arabic] (PDF)
Montgomery,Mark R.; Hewett,Paul C.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 184)
Publication date: 2004
West Bank/Gaza: Promote awareness of the benefits of women's reproductive health [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 46)
Publication date: 2004
A 3-year intervention research project for out of school girls in four villages in Minya, Upper Egypt. A cadre of local young women serving as role models for disadvantaged rural girls in upper Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Safe Spaces to Learn, Play and Grow (Ishraq) Briefing Sheet (no. 4)
Publication date: 2003
An observation checklist for facility-based normal labor and delivery practices: The Galaa study [Arabic] (PDF)
Sholkamy,Hania; Hassanein,Nevine; Cherine,Mohamed; Elnoury,Amr; Breebaart,Miral; Khalil,Karima
Monographs in Reproductive Health (no. 5)
Publication date: 2003
Completing the fertility transition in the developing world: The role of educational differences and fertility preferences [Arabic] (PDF)
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 177)
Publication date: 2003
Marriage in transition: Evidence on age, education, and assets from six developing countries [Arabic] (PDF)
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 183)
Publication date: 2003
Population and development: An introductory view [Arabic] (PDF)
McNicoll,Geoffrey
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 174)
Publication date: 2003
Rethinking family planning policy in light of reproductive health research [Arabic] (PDF)
Zurayk,Huda; Younis,Nabil; Khattab,Hind
Policy Series in Reproductive Health
Publication date: 2003
The Colors of Change: Participation in School Upgrading in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Herrera,Linda
Publication date: 2003
The impact of life skills education on adolescent sexual risk behaviors [Arabic] (PDF)
Magnani,Robert; Macintyre,Kate; Karim,Ali Mehyrar; Brown,Lisanne; Hutchinson,Paul
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2003
Wage work and marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian working women [Arabic] (PDF)
Amin,Sajeda; Al Bassusi,Nagah Hassan
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 171)
Publication date: 2003
Adolescents and youth in Pakistan 2001-2002: A nationally representative survey [Arabic] (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
An innovative youth program focuses on rural, out-of-school girls [Arabic] (PDF)
Ishraq: Safe Spaces to Learn, Play, and Grow, Briefing Sheet (no. 2)
Publication date: 2002
Anti-trafficking programs in South Asia: Appropriate activities, indicators and evaluation methodologies [Arabic] (PDF)
Huntington,Dale
Summary report of a technical consultative meeting
Publication date: 2002
Childcare, mothers' work, and earnings: Findings from the urban slums of Guatemala City [Arabic] (PDF)
Hallman,Kelly; Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Ruel,Marie T.; de la Briere,Benedicte
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 165)
Publication date: 2002
HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination: A conceptual framework and an agenda for action [Arabic] (PDF)
Parker,Richard; Aggleton,Peter; Attawell,Kathy; Pulerwitz,Julie; Brown,Lisanne
Horizons Report
Publication date: 2002
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of their fertility goals [Arabic] (PDF)
Summary of Key Findings, Phase 1
Publication date: 2002
Impact of improved client-provider interaction on women's achievement of their fertility goals [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS Summary of the intervention, Phase 1
Publication date: 2002
Improving women's reproductive health: The medical components of a primary level framework of services [Arabic] (PDF)
Farag,Abdel Moneim; Khalil,Karima; Anwar,Assem; Galal,Dina; Younis,Nabil
Policy Series in Reproductive Health (no. 7)
Publication date: 2002
Integrating HIV prevention and care into maternal and child health care settings: Lessons learned from Horizons studies-July 23-27, 2001, Maasai Mara and Nairobi, Kenya, Consultation Report [Arabic] (PDF)
Rutenberg,Naomi; Kalibala,Sam; Mwai,Charles; Rosen,James
Horizons Report
Publication date: 2002
Investigating links between HIV and partner violence [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs, Spring 2002 (HIV/AIDS edition)
Publication date: 2002
Letting Girls Play: The Mathare Youth Sports Association's Football Program for Girls [Arabic] (PDF)
Brady,Martha; Khan,Arjmand Banu
Publication date: 2002
Responding to Cairo: Case Studies of Changing Practice in Reproductive Health and Family Planning (Executive Summary) [Arabic] (PDF)
Publication date: 2002
Training service providers on emergency contraception: Lessons learned from an OR study [Arabic] (PDF)
Khan,M.E.; Hossain,Sharif Mohammed Ismail
FRONTIERS Research Update (no. 2)
Publication date: 2002
Determinants of educational attainment among adolescents in Egypt: Does school quality make a difference? [Arabic] (PDF)
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; El Tawila,Sahar; Clark,Wesley H.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 150)
Publication date: 2001
Gender roles sharply differentiated among Egyptian youth [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 7(2)
Publication date: 2001
Household size and composition in the developing world [Arabic] (PDF)
Bongaarts,John
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 144)
Publication date: 2001
Illuminating the importance of school quality in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 7(4)
Publication date: 2001
Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: An analysis of DHS household surveys [Arabic] (PDF)
Bongaarts,John; Zimmer,Zachary
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 148)
Publication date: 2001
Pilot health project baseline survey West Bank and Gaza [Arabic] (PDF)
Summary of Key Findings
Publication date: 2001
Safe spaces to learn, play and grow (Ishraq) [Arabic] (PDF)
Ishraq: Safe Spaces to Learn, Play and Grow, Briefing Sheet (no. 1)
Publication date: 2001
Voluntary HIV counseling and testing: Will it attract youth? [Arabic] (PDF)
Horizons Research Summary
Publication date: 2001
Adolescent Girls' Livelihoods. Essential Questions, Essential Tools: A Report on a Workshop [Arabic] (PDF)
Meyers,Carey
Publication date: 2000
Educating women reduces inappropriate IUD selection [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 6(4)
Publication date: 2000
Egypt: NGOs need to join forces to end FGC [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 14)
Publication date: 2000
Gender and generation in household labor supply in Jordan [Arabic] (PDF)
Kawar,Mary
West Asia and North Africa Regional Paper (no. 43)
Publication date: 2000
Integrating a reproductive health framework within primary care services: The experience of the Reproductive Health Intervention Study [Arabic] (PDF)
Khalil,Karima; Farag,Abdel Moneim; Anwar,Assem; Galal,Dina; Kamal,Olfia; Shorbagi,Karraze; Breebaart,Miral; Khattab,Hind; Younis,Nabil; Zurayk,Huda
Policy Series in Reproductive Health (no. 6)
Publication date: 2000
Integrating issues of sexuality into Egyptian family planning counseling [Arabic] (PDF)
Summary of Key Findings
Publication date: 2000
Local level authorities and local action in Greater Khartoum, Sudan [Arabic] (PDF)
Hamid,Gamal M.
MEAwards Regional Paper (no. 47)
Publication date: 2000
Peru: Managers must monitor quality of care regularly [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 6)
Publication date: 2000
Rural Egyptian women bear heavy disease burden [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 6(2)
Publication date: 2000
The School Environment in Egypt. A Situation Analysis of Public Preparatory Schools [Arabic] (PDF)
El Tawila,Sahar; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Wassef,Hind; Gamal,Zeinab; Clark,Wesley H.; Sakr,Rania
Publication date: 2000
Unmet need for family planning in developing countries and implications for population policy [Arabic] (PDF)
Casterline,John B.; Sinding,Steven W.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 135)
Publication date: 2000
Finding social support for women's reproductive health [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 5(3)
Publication date: 1999
Is mass schooling essential for fertility decline to begin? [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 5(3)
Publication date: 1999
The decline of female circumcision in Egypt: Evidence and interpretation [Arabic] (PDF)
El-Gibaly,Omaima; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Clark,Wesley H.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 132)
Publication date: 1999
The Tostan story: Breakthrough in Senegal ending female genital cutting [Arabic] (PDF)
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 1999
Transitions to Adulthood. A National Survey of Egyptian Adolescents [Arabic] (PDF)
Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Sallam,Sunny; El Tawila,Sahar; El-Gibaly,Omaima; El Sahn,Fikrat; Lee,Susan M.; Mensch,Barbara S.; Wassef,Hind; Bukhari,Sarah; Galal,Osman
Publication date: 1999
Adolescence and State Policy in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Shafey,Halla E.
Publication date: 1998
Counseling the husbands of postabortion patients in Egypt: Effects on husband involvement, patient recovery and contraceptive use [Arabic] (PDF)
Abdel-Tawab,Nahla; Huntington,Dale; Hassan,Ezzeldin Osman; Youssef,Hala; Nawar,Laila
Publication date: 1998
From Uncivil War to Civil Peace: Algerian Women's Voices [Arabic] (PDF)
Hessini,Leila
Publication date: 1998
What you should know about breastfeeding and the Progestin-only pill: Information for women [Arabic]
Publication date: 1998
Confirming the extent of female genital cutting (FGC) [Arabic] (PDF)
Asia and Near East OR/TA Summary
Publication date: 1997
Empowering the next generation: Girls of the Maqattam garbage settlement [Arabic] (PDF)
Assaad,Marie; Bruce,Judith
SEEDS (no. 19)
Publication date: 1997
Fertile, plump, and strong: The social construction of the female body in low-income Cairo [Arabic] (PDF)
Ghannam,Farha
Monographs in Reproductive Health (no. 3)
Publication date: 1997
Improving the counseling and medical care of postabortion patients in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summaries
Publication date: 1997
Living on a Fault Line: Political Violence Against Women in Algeria [Arabic] (PDF)
Hessini,Leila
Publication date: 1997
Postabortion case load study in Egyptian public sector hospitals [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summaries
Publication date: 1997
Scaling-up improved postabortion care in Egypt: Introduction to University and Ministry of Health and Population Hospitals [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summary
Publication date: 1997
Urbanization, unemployment and migration in Africa: Theory and policy [Arabic] (PDF)
Todaro,Michael P.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 104)
Publication date: 1997
Development of approaches to community based family planning outreach in Egypt: Assessment of Raidats Rifiats Program [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summary
Publication date: 1996
Gender Inequalities and Demographic Behavior: Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Naguib,Nora Guhl; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Ibrahim,Barbara L.
Publication date: 1996
Profile of clients of different providers of family planning services in Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Research Summary
Publication date: 1996
Arab Women: A Profile of Diversity and Change [Arabic] (PDF)
Toubia,Nahid; Bahyeldin,Amira; Hijab,Nadia; Abdel Latif,Heba
Publication date: 1995
Family, Gender, and Population Policy: Views from the Middle East [Arabic] (PDF)
Jacobson,Jodi; Ibrahim,Barbara L.; Obermeyer,Carla Makhlouf
Publication date: 1995
Field methodology for entry into the community [Arabic] (PDF)
Khattab,Hind; Zurayk,Huda; Younis,Nabil; Kamal,Olfia
Policy Series in Reproductive Health (no. 3)
Publication date: 1994
Learning about the gynecological health of women [Arabic] (PDF)
Younis,Nabil; Khalil,Karima; Zurayk,Huda; Khattab,Hind
Policy Series in Reproductive Health (no. 2)
Publication date: 1994
The Silent Endurance: Social Conditions of Women's Reproductive Health in Rural Egypt [Arabic] (PDF)
Khattab,Hind
Publication date: 1992
Handbook for Family Planning Operations Research Design [Arabic] (PDF)
Fisher,Andrew A.; Laing,John E.; Stoeckel,John E.; Townsend,John W.
Publication date: 1991
Fundamental elements of the quality of care: A simple framework [Arabic] (abstract) (PDF)
Bruce,Judith
Studies in Family Planning 21(2):
Publication date: 1990
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