Join us for a casual chat on post-graduation #career prospects at the #econ #speed #networking event tonight organized by the Institute of #Financial #Economics alexandra irani joe helou American University of Beirut facebook.com/events/7299316…

لا صحّة للمعلومات المتداولة عن 300 ألف ولادة هذه السنة في صفوف اللاجئين السوريين في لبنان. المعلومة الصحيحة: 175,000 طفل ولدوا للاجئين سوريين في لبنان بين آذار/مارس 2011 وكانون الأول/ديسمبر 2018 factuel.afp.com/ar/Syrian%20Re…

يحتاج القطاع العام إلى التدخل والتخلي عن نموذج التقشف غير الناجح: jadchaaban.com/ar/%d9%83%d9%8…

Syrian refugees are not the “major setback” in supplying electricity and cutting costs. #Refugees #economy #electricity #corruption

The inequality-adjusted #HDI shows that inequality in the #Arab region is largely driven by #income inequality, and among the 3 sub-dimensions (education, life expectancy and income), it's the only one that has largely widened between 2010 and 2017!

This month's #HWISEScholarHighlight is @ZeinaJamaluddin! An Instructor of Public Health Practice Center for Research on Population and Health at the American University of Beirut American University of Beirut and a collaborator of the @hwise_study, we are honored to have her in HWISE RCN. Read more below! hwise-rcn.org/2019/05/14/hwi…

Researchers from #FHS' Center for Research on Population and Health and Univ. of Maryland develop and validate first child #foodsecurity scale to be used in the Arab world! Read the first study of its kind including more than 1,400 #children attending UNRWA schools in #Lebanon: bit.ly/2lHmWsd #ProudFHSers

Brilliant piece by Nisreen Salti

سأكون غداً الثلاثاء ضيف الاعلامية Dima ديما صادق على شاشة LBCI TV ضمن برنامج #نهاركم_سعيد ابتداءً من ال10 صباحاً، للحديث عن الأزمة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية وسبل الخروج منها.

Discussing the measurement and understanding of multidimensional inequality in the MENA in our joint workshop with the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies Wits University in South Africa #poverty #inequality

“just like the global North is not one, the global South is not one” from the opening remarks of Noha El-Mikawy, Ford Foundation regional director for the MENA region

“The Arab region has witnessed a significant decline in the size of its middle class since 2010 to reach below 40% due to conflicts and economic downturns”. from the intervention of Khalid Abu-Ismail and Manuella Nehme from ESCWA #inequality #arabregion

Multidimensional inequality is not about adding up inequalities by dimension, it’s about understanding what kind of combinations between these inequalities lead to conflict and other disasters. From Adib Nehme’s intervention.

BREAKING NEWS: The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.” #NobelPrize

Full house today at the AUB_FAFS and AEDRG workshop on “causal inference and the design of impact evaluations in international development and humanitarian settings” by our affiliate Dr. Wael Moussa WAEL10🐐 #causal #inference #impact #DevelopmentEconomics #humanitarian

Good evening! We are looking for a talented quantitative researcher to join our team. See the advert for the research assistant position: aub.edu.lb/fhs/Pages/empl… Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB

Large-scale study of #cashtransfer to Syrian refugees in #Lebanon estimates effects of duration variability and discontinuation on #foodsecurity #housing #WASH #education #work #health Center for Research on Population and Health American University of Beirut #CAMEALEON nrc.no/resources/repo…