Browsing by Author "Ewers, Michael"

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    • Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states 

      Ewers, Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Duma, Nathan; Le, Kien ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)
      This paper examines migrant workers' subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the World Cup, Qatar has been roundly criticized for the living and working ...

    • Creating and sustaining Islamic financial centers: Bahrain in the wake of financial and political crises 

      Ewers, Michael; Dicce, Ryan; Poon, Jesse P.H.; Chow, Jeffery; Gengler, Justin ( 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 

      Murphy, Trey; Brannstrom, Christian; Fry, Matthew; Ewers, Michael ( 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 ...

    • Exaggerating good governance: Regime type and score inflation among executive survey informants 

      Shockley, Bethany; Ewers, Michael; Nardis, Yioryos; Gengler, Justin ( Wiley , 2017 , Article)
      Researchers and policymakers often rely on executive surveys to understand and promote good governance. In doing so, they assume that the evaluations provided by these well‐informed respondents are not systematically ...

    • Im/mobile highly skilled migrants in Qatar 

      Babar, Zahra; Ewers, Michael; Khattab, Nabil ( 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • No (Gulf) Country for Syrian Refugees 

      Ewers, Michael; Gengler, Justin ( The Council on Foreign Relations , 2015 , Article)
      A common reaction to the ongoing migrant crisis has been to blame Europe: how can the wealthy nations of western Europe allow such a tragedy? More recently, however, media and popular scrutiny have turned back toward the ...

    • Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar 

      Eskandar, Glnar; Ewers, Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien (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 ...

    • Public awareness and perceptions of taxation in a changing Gulf economy 

      Ewers, Michael; Ashi, Sundos; Shockley, Bethany ( SESRI , 2017 , Report)
      For the VAT scheme to succeed in Qatar, public awareness is necessary. Consumers need to understand how and why the VAT will affect their budgets. Perhaps more importantly, businesses need to understand how to modify ...

    • Public Spending Priorities in Qatar 

      Ashi, Sundos; Gengler, Justin; Ewers, Michael ( SESRI , 2017 , Report)
      Together with previous survey findings, SESRI’s study of fiscal priorities among Qataris demonstrates the importance to citizens of healthcare and education, and to a lesser extent other sectors such as social security ...

    • Resilience and Sustainability in the Gulf Migration Regimes: Kafāla in the Era of Covid-19 

      Ewers, Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Bader, Lina ( Routledge , 2023 , Article)
      The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has strongly reaffirmed the critical importance of labor migration to the global economy, even as it has raised questions about the temporary migration programs responsible for much of this ...

    • The rise of Kuala Lumpur as an Islamic financial frontier 

      Poon, Jessie P. H; Pollard, Jane; Chow, Yew Wah; Ewers, Michael ( 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 ...

    • Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Mustafa, Semsia Al‐Ali; Ewers, Michael; Kien Le, Trung ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      In December 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup games. The FIFA announcement came with increasing pressure from international human rights organizations, media and other groups for Qatar to reform ...

    • Welfare Index of Migrant Workers: The Case Of Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Al-Ali Mustafa, Semsia; Ewers, Michael; Le, Trung Kien ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)
      In December 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup games. The announcement came with increasing pressure from international human rights organizations, media and other groups for Qatar to reform its ...

    • Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien T.; Ewers, Michael; Irudaya Rajan., S ( Routledge , 2016 , Book chapter)
      India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: • looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; • ...