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    • International knowledge mobility and urban development in rapidly globalizing areas: building global hubs for talent in Dubai and Abu Dhabi 

      Ewers, Michael ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)
      This paper examines the processes through which the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai attract and integrate knowledge workers into their labor markets. It focuses on how the UAE has acquired the ...
    • 2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents 

      Al-Emadi, Ahmed; Kaplanidou, K.; Diop, A.; Sagas, M.; Le, K.T.; ... more authors ( SAGE Publications , 2016 , Article)
      The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the impacts from the 2022 World Cup preparations in Qatar influenced local residents’ attitudes, personal and community quality of life perceptions, excitement about hosting ...
    • Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Ewers, Michael C. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...
    • Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Jardina, Ashley; Tessler, Mark; Wittrock, Jill ( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)
      Utilizing new survey data on social capital, we examine the determinants and locus of generalized trust among citizens and immigrants in Qatar, a small, heterogeneous, wealthy, and non-democratic country in which immigrants ...
    • Public–Private Partnership in Tunisia: Enfidha Airport Assessment of an Infrastructure Achievement 

      Benmansour, Nada Abdelkader ( Taylor & Francis , 2016 , Article)
      One of the largest recent private-sector investments and the first airport private-sector concession in the Maghreb is Enfidha Airport, a key factor in the success of the Tunisian Government’s public– private partnership ...
    • Road traffic fatalities in Qatar Jordan and UAE 

      Elawad, Elmogiera ( World Health Organization , 2016 , Article)
      ABSTRACT Smeed’s equation is a widely used model for prediction of traffic fatalities but has been found inadequate for use in developing countries. We applied regression analysis to time-series data on vehicles, population ...
    • Shedding Light on the Roots of Dissatisfaction with Health Care Services in the State of Qatar An Exploratory Study 

      Nasrallah, Catherine; Qutteina, Yara; Khaled, Salma ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Poster)
      Dissatisfaction with health care performance is an important source of information about health system quality as perceived by the public. It has long term negative impacts on: *Relationship between health care users ...
    • Climate Change and Temperature Warming in Qatar 

      Lambert, Laurent A. ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      In October 2015 the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University Surveyed representative samples of Qatari national (769) and white-color residents (762) to understand batter their views about ...
    • Citizen and Resident Satisfaction with Public Services in Qatar : And the impact on quality of life 

      Benmansour, Nada Abdelkader , [بن منصور، ندى عبد القادر] ( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      In Qatar notable differences in public service satisfaction exist across individual state services, across nationality groupings, and across demographic categories. Among all citizens and residents, however, there is an ...
    • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities from a Qatari Human Rights Perspective 

      Del Carmen Barranco Avilés, M; Laura Serra, M; Cuenca Gómez, P; De Asís Roig, R; Javier Ansuátegui Roig, F; ... more authors (2016 , Presentation)
      For a long time disability was considered a question of social development, outside the responsibilities of official human rights institutions. Over the last three decades this approach has evolved, and disability is now ...
    • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Impact on Qatar: Transitioning towards Full Implementation 

      Avilés, María; Serra, María; Gómez, Patricia; Roig, Rafael; Roig, Francisco; ... more authors (2016 , Poster)
      Disability: interaction between long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments and various barriers hindering full and effective participation in society (UNCRPD) Aim of CRPD: Promote, protect and ...
    • Why Do People Participate in Surveys in Qatar? 

      Elawad, Elmogiera; Agied, Mohammed; Lee Holmes, John ( Asian Online Journal Publishing Group , 2016 , Article  &   Poster)
      In this paper, we assesses respondent participation in academic public opinion surveys in the State of Qatar. Rates of participation in SESRI’s face-to-face surveys remain at levels that far exceed those observed in Western ...
    • GIVING TWO ANSWERS TO THE SAME QUESTION: APPLYING SURVEY RE-INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES IN QATAR. 

      Elawad, Elmogiera; Diop, A; Agied, Mohamed; Abdelhameed, Isam ( RESEARCH, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PUBLISHERS , 2016 , Article)
      In order to evaluate the quality of its survey data, SESRI implemented since 2010 a system of re-interviewing a sub-sample of respondents. These re-interviews usually take place not more than six days from the date of the ...
    • Why Qatar Needs a Guest Worker Welfare Index 

      Ewers, Michael , [ إيورز, مايكل ] ( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Ambiguity and acrimony surrounding the welfare of blue-collar guest workers in Qatar will continue in the current low-information environment devoid of comprehensive and scientific data on the status of low-income laborers. ...
    • Reform of the Kafāla System: A Survey Experiment from Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Johnston, Trevor; Trung Le, Kien ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)
      Immigration in the Arabian Gulf is governed by the kafāla (sponsorship) system, which provides the legal basis for the residency and employment of foreign workers across the region. Despite mounting economic, political ...
    • Subsidy Reduction and Trends among Lower Income Qatari Households 

      (SESRI), The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      The reduction of economic subsidies (e.g., on vehicle fuel and electricity) can bring important financial and environmental benefits to Qatar, but such changes also have the potential to impact negatively the poorest Qatari ...
    • Housing Tenure and Economic Inequality among Qatari Citizens 

      Stepney, Erin ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      The most immediately effective measure to address housing inequality, which would generate additional benefits in many other areas, is the streamlining of administrative processes related to land allotment and infrastructure ...
    • Public Acceptance of Taxation in Qatar 

      Ewers, Michael, [ إيورز، مايكل ]; Eskander, Glnar , [ إسكندر، وجلنار ]; Shockley, Bethany,, [ شوكلي ، وبثناي ] ( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Most Gulf countries have acknowledged that the traditional rentier system requires basic economic reform, and VAT could prove a more stable source of government revenue for oil producing countries. Results from two separate ...
    • Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Interest in STEM, Business or Public Sector Careers 

      Sellami, Abdellatif; Kimmel, Linda; Hunscher, Brian; Cotter, Anna; Wittrock, Jill; ... more authors ( Sage Publishing , 2016 , Article)
      In this article we examine interest in a STEM career in Qatar not in isolation, but as one of numerous career choice options. In particular, we contrast interest in a STEM career with the culturally-relevant alternative ...
    • Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up 

      Bethany, Shockley ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)
      Interest in politics is an important ingredient in the formation of civil society, which in turn provides the basis for good governance. Existing research has not clarified drivers of political interest with respect to ...