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Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafala
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Gulf Research Center Cambridge
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Much of the debate over immigration policy in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar) revolves around the kafala, or sponsorship system.
In ...
Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar
(2016 , Report)
Qatari citizens, especially those employed in the public sector, are less likely than other
people living in Qatar to be aware of the recent decline in oil prices. Among citizens
who are aware, moreover, most seem to ...
Proxy reporting in education surveys: factors influencing accurate reporting in the 2012 Qatar Education Study
(
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2017 , Article)
Proxy reporting is a common practice during survey data collection to increase response rates while reducing fieldwork costs, and agreement between proxies and self-reports is critical to make reliable and valid inferences. ...
Im/mobile highly skilled migrants in Qatar
(
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2018 , Article)
Most studies on the mobility of highly skilled migrants have been examined with a framework of global talent mobility and under conditions of neoliberal governance and economic globalization. In this study we challenge the ...
Bridging a gulf between environmental attitudes and behavior: Assessment of motivating factors for the youth in Qatar
(
HBKU Press
, 2016 , Conference Paper)
To this day, there is a dearth of published research on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviour
in the Arabian Gulf, and there is no systematic data regarding the value people place on the environment.
Understanding ...
The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier
(
Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier. Regional Studies. This paper examines Kuala Lumpur’s emergence as a prominent global Islamic financial centre. Its distance from the West and the Middle East offers ...
Expatriate mobility, firm recruitment and local context: Skilled international migration to the rapidly globalizing city of Dubai.
(
Routledge
, 2017 , Book chapter)
About the Book
In today’s global knowledge economy, competition for the best and brightest workers has intensified. Highly skilled workers are an asset to companies, knowledge institutions, cities, and regions as they ...
Creating and sustaining Islamic financial centers: Bahrain in the wake of financial and political crises
(
Taylor & Francis
, 2016 , Article)
Although primarily concentrated in countries with Muslim majorities,
Islamic finance has become a global industry representing
both a decentering of the global financial architecture and the
emergence of an urban network ...
ECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVES ON BOOMTOWN DYNAMICS IN THE EAGLE FORD SHALE, TEXAS
(
Wiley
, 2016 , Article)
Unconventional oil and gas production in the United States reversed a decades-
old trend of rising oil imports, provided an argument for lifting the U.S. crude oil
export ban and motivated the development of domestic ...
Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals
(
The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University
, 2016 , Report)
Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess
general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...