This identifies the impact of the Syrian conflict on economic and social outcomes in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. It combines a large number of data sources, statistical approaches, and a suit of economic models the isolate the specific impact of the Syrian conflict among numerous global and regional factors that contributed to the economic and regional trends in the last decade.
The Mobility of Displaced Syrians: An Economic and Social Analysis. World Bank 2019.
This report identifies key factors weighing on Syrian refugees contemplating a return home and analyzes how changing conditions in Syria might affect their decisions. It analyzes the voluntary return of 103,090 Syrian refugees to determine the key factors that influenced their decisions. This group of refugees, who returned between 2015 and 2018, were compared with millions of others in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon who chose not to return by using various statistical techniques including machine-learning. The results were compared with other refugee situations around the globe, ranging from Iraqi refugees in pre-war Syria, to the Balkans, and Somali refugees in Kenya.
Expectations and Aspirations : A New Framework for Education in the Middle East and North Africa. World Bank 2018.
Abstract: Education, which had been at the heart of the Middle East and North Africa region’s (MENA) history and civilizations for centuries, has a large untapped potential to contribute to human capital, well-being, and wealth. Decades of investments in education, impressive growth in enrollment rates, and gender parity at almost all levels of education, have not been able to translate into increased human capital and wealth, failing to meet the aspirations of 435 million people in the region. Despite a series of reforms, MENA has remained stuck in a low-learning, low-skills level. This report outlines a new framework with a three-pronged approach that can help address these tensions and unleash the potential of education in MENA.
OECD reports
Catching Up? Intergenerational Mobility and Children of Immigrants, 2017. OECD Publishing.
Abstract: Previous OECD and EU work has shown that even native-born children with immigrant parents face persistent disadvantage in the education system, the school-to-work transition, and the labour market. To which degree are these linked with their immigration background, i.e. with the issues faced by their parents? This publication includes cross-country comparative work and provides new insights on the complex issue of the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage for native-born children of immigrants.
Also available in French.
How does having immigrant parents affect the outcomes of children in Europe? Migration Policy Debates n14, OECD Publishing, Paris
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Trends and Future Perspectives. OECD Center for Educational Research and Innovation. OECD Publishing, Paris.
OECD. 2016. Competitiveness in South East Europe : A Policy Outlook, Chapter 2: Education and Skills in South East Europe. OECD Publishing, Paris.
OECD. 2016. Competitiveness in South East Europe : A Policy Outlook, Chapter 12: Employment Policy in South East Europe. OECD Publishing, Paris.
OECD. 2016. Competitiveness in South East Europe : A Policy Outlook, Chapter 6: Cultural and Creative Sectors in South East Europe. OECD Publishing, Paris. (with Panongitis Barkas)
OECD. 2013. Triple Helix Partnerships for Innovation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Regional Competitiveness Initiative Project Paper. OECD Publishing, Paris. (with Alan Paic)
Other work
Fostering and assessing student's creativity and critical thinking in Higher Education. OECD Workshop Summary Report. 20-21 June 2016.
Kunst um der Kunst Willen, in: Deutscher Werkbund NW e.V. (Hrsg.): Dokumentation eines interdisziplinären Workshops an der RWTH Aachen vom 16. – 17.12.2016 mit dem Thema: „Künstlerische Bildung und Gesellschaft“, Aachen 2017. (In German only).
OECD Indicators of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL Database)