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Nagi, Saad (1998) In Pursuit of Progress , An Agenda for Social Development in Egypt (Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs and United Nations Development Program in cooperation with UNOPS, DESA and ILO).

Naguib, Nora Guhl and Cynthia B. Lloyd (1994) Egypt: Gender Inequalities and Economic Behavior (Cairo: The Population Council).

Nassar, Heba (2002) Employment Prospects for Females in Education in Egypt, with special Emphasis on Technical Education (Cairo :Social Research Center The American University in Cairo).

 

Nassar, Heba (2001) An overview of the labor market Documentation (Cairo : Center for Economic & Financial Studies. Faculty of Economic and Political Science , Cairo University).

 

Nassar, Heba (2000) Women in Business. A paper presented in the Conference on Gender and Employment in the Context of Economic Reform. Workshop, International Labor Organization, Cairo.

Nassar, Heba (1999) Socio Economic Conditions of Work in Greater Cairo: Formal Informal Comparisons and Gender Differentials (Cairo : Social Research Center of The American University in Cairo in-collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung).

Nassar, Heba (1998) Conditions of Poor Women in Egypt: Women's Vulnerability (Cairo:Research Papers Series, UNDP and INP).

Nassar, Heba (1997) Impact of Economic Changes on Women’s Work. A paper presented in the Conference on "Increase in the Contribution of Women in Work, Alexandria: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Ministry of Labor and Migration. 14pp

Nassar, Heba (1997) "Vulnerability of Women to Poverty " A Paper presented to Workshop on Social Security and Income Generation Projects for Vulnerable Groups with special focus on Working Children and Female Headed House-Holds : The Social Research Centre, American University In Cairo.

Nassar, Heba (1997) Selected Factors affecting Education& Employment in Egypt (Cairo: Konrad adeneur, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung).

Nassar, Heba (1997) The Employment Status of Women in Egypt (Cairo: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo). 59pp.
 

Nassar, Heba (1996) Analysis of the Survey of the Main Interventions Enhancing the Socioeconomic Status of Women in Egypt (Cairo: The Social Research Center, American University in Cairo). 59pp

Nassar, Heba (1996) A Bibliographic Guide on the Status of Women in Egypt (Cairo: The Social Research Center, American University in Cairo). 199pp.

Nassar, Heba (1996) "Economic Structural Adjustment and its Implications for Women in Egypt" Conference on Egypt Today, the Social Fund for Egypt, American University and University of Manchester, Department of Sociology. Manchester, UK. 10pp

Nassar, Heba (1996)  The Employment Status of Women in Egypt (Cairo: Social Research Center, American University in Cairo). 59pp.

Nassar, Heba (1996) The Situation of Women in the Egyptian Labor Market (Cairo: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung). 20pp. (Arabic)

Nassar, Heba (1996) Survey of the Main Interventions Enhancing the Socioeconomic Status of Women in Egypt (Cairo: The Social Research Center, American University in Egypt). 383p.

Nassar, Heba (1995) The Economic Aspects of Employment of Females in Egypt (Cairo: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung). 42pp Annex.

Nassar, Heba (1995) "Socio-Economic Factors Affecting the Education and Employment of Females in Egypt" A paper discussed in the conference on Education and Occupational Training for Women in the Arab World and in Europe, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Tunis.
 

Nassar, H. and H. El-Laithy (2001) "Labour Market, Urban Poverty and Propoor Employment Policies" in Nassar H and El Laithy H. Socioeconomic Policies and Poverty Alleviation Programs in Egypt (Cairo :Centre for Economic and Financial Research and Studies. Cairo University).


Nassar,H and  El-Laithy, H (2000)"Urban Poverty and Employment" in the Proceedings of the Conference “Socioeconomic Policies and Poverty Alleviation Programs in Egypt” (Cairo: Centre for Economic and Financial Research and Studies. Cairo University).

 

Nassar, H. and El-Mahdy (1999) Socioeconomic Conditions of Work Greater Cairo: Gender Differentials and Formal Informal Sector (Cairo: Social Research Center.

 

Nassar, Heba et al. (1999) Sustainability and Growth for Micro-borrowers through Integration: Research Project (Cairo: Center for Economics and Financial Research and Studies. Cairo University.

 

Nassar, Heba et al. (1996) Focus Group Analysis of the Status of Women in Egypt  (Cairo: The Social Research Center, American University in Cairo). (Arabic) 127pp.

National Bank of Egypt (1982) "The 1982/83 Economic and Social Development Plan." Economic Bulletin 35.2: 145-163.
 

National Council For Women  2002 "Egypt :Gender Indicators” (Report).

National Council For Women 2002 “Engendering the National Development Plan of Egypt 2002-2007” (Report).

National Council for Women 2001 "Egyptian Women Report" (Unpublished)

National Council of Women in the U.S. (1963) International Directory of Women's Organizations (New York: Research and Action Associates).

National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (December 1996) The Ideological Frame of the Women Component in the five year plan for economic and social development 1997/8 – 2001/2
 

National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development A Guide Book for Anganwadi Workers (New Delhi: NIPCCD).

NCCM (1995) Women in Egypt: The Egyptian Report to the Fourth International Conference on Women, Beijing (Cairo: National Council for Children and Mothers, A.R.E.) 43pp. (Arabic)

NCCM (1990) Women in Arab Society: Work Patterns and Gender Relation in Egypt, Jordan and Sudan (Cairo: NCCM).

NCCM and the National Committee for Women Policies for Developing Women in the Community Final Report. Cairo: National Council for Children and Mothers (Cairo: The National Committee for Women, Second National Conference for Egyptian Women) (Arabic)


Network of Egyptian Professional Women (1988) Egyptian Women in Social Development: A Resource Guide (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press). 357pp incl. annex and 174 resumes.


Newland, Kathleen (1980) Women, Men and the Division of Labor (Washington, DC: World Watch Institute).

Novarra, Virginia (1980) Women's Work, Men's Work: The Ambivalence of Equality (London: M. Boyars).

 

 

 

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Obbo, Christine (1980) African Women: Their Struggle for Economic Independence (London: Zed Press).

OECD (1990) Enterprising Women: Local Initiatives for Job Creation (Paris: OECD).

 

Ongile, G., 1992, "The effects of structural adjustment policies on women's access to employment opportunities", Institute for Development Studies Working .Paper No 488, University of Nairobi, Kenya

 

Overholt, Catherine, et al., eds. (1985) Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book. (West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press).

Ozar, Semsa (1996)" Socio-Economic and Cultural Aspects of the Female (Non) Participants in the Urban Labor Force in Turkey" Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, Kuwait: Conference on "Labor Markets and Human Resource Development". 20pp.
 

 

 

 

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Palmer, Ingrid(1995). Public Finance from a Gender Perspective, in World Development  23:11, pp.1981-1986.

 

Palmer, Ingrid (1994). Social and Gender Issues in Macro-economic Policy. Social Policy Series No. 13. GTZ. Eschborn.

 

Palmer, Ingrid (1991). Gender and Population in the Adjustment of African Economies: Planning for Change. ln Women, Work and Development, No. 19. International Labour Office.Geneva.

 

Population Council (1994). Arab Women: A profile of diversity and change. (Cairo : Population Council )

 

 

 

 

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Qadry, Hind T. (1957) "Problems of Women Teachers in Iraq" Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford.

 

 

 

 

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Radwan, Samir (1997) Job Creation and Poverty Alleviation In Egypt: Strategy and Programmes. UNDP-ILO (Geneva:UNDP-ILO).
 

Rama , Martin (2003) Globalization and workers in developing countries. (Ney York : World Bank)

 

Reeves, Hazel; Wach, Heike (1999) Women's and gender budgets: an annotated resource list." BRIDGE Bibliography No.9, Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Brighton.

 

Roemburg, Rebekka Van (1991) An Overview of Women in Development in The Arab Republic of Egypt (Cairo :Royal Danish Embassy)

Rose, Pauline (1995) Female Education and Adjustment Programmes, in World Development 23:11, pp.1931-1949.

 

Ross, Davies(1975) Women and Work (London: Hutchison).

Rowbotham, Sheila and Swatsi Mitter (1994) Dignity and Daily Bread: New Forms of Economic Organizing among Poor Women in the Third World and the First (London: Routledge).

Rubery, J., 1988, Women in Recession, Routledge Kegan and Paul, London

 

Rugh, Andrea B. (1979) "Issues Related to Women in Industry" Draft Annex to be Attached to Vocational Training Report, August 30 -1979.

 

 

 

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Saleh, Saneya (1988) "Egyptian Women in the Gulf: Response to Migration" International Symposium on Women in International Migration: Social, Cultural and Occupational Issues, with Special Attention to the Second Generation. Berlin, Germany FR. Berlin: Technische Universitat Berlin.

Sanyal, Bikas C. and Joyce E. Collins (1988) Women, Higher Education and Employment in the Developing Countries (Paris: UNESCO, IIEP) (Occasional Papers). 61pp. (incl. statistical data)

Saunders, Lucy Wood and Soheir Mehanna. (1986) "Unseen Hands: Women's Farm Work in an Egyptian Village" Anthropological Quarterly 59.3 (July): 105-114.

Saunders, Lucy Wood and Soheir Mehanna (1993) "Women-Headed Households from the Perspective of an Egyptian Village" In J.P. Mencher and Anne Okongwu Where did all the men go? Female Headed/Female Supported Households in Cross- Cultural Perspective. (West view Press. Boulder).

Sayed, Hussein Abdul-Aziz, Magued I. Osman, Fatma El-Zanaty, and Ann Way (1989) Egypt Demographic and Health Survey (Columbia, Md.:Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc. )

 

Sayigh, Rosemary (1982) "Development under Bombardment: Palestinian Women in South Lebanon" Arab Perspectives 3 (April): 12-14.


Schuler, Margaret and Akuntala Kadirgamar Rajasingham (1992) Legal Literacy: A Tool for Women's Empowerment (United Nations Development Fund for Women). This Book is a collection of essays.

Seguino, Stephanie. Gender Inequality and Economic Growth: A Cross-country Analysis, in World Development 28:7.

 

Selim, Kamal (1996). Child and Woman in Egypt (Atlas) (Cairo: National Council for Mothers and Children) 72pp. (Arabic)

Shami, Seteney, et al. (1982) "Women and Development: The Sexual Division of Labour in Rural Societies" A Study Prepared for the ILO within the Framework of the World Employment Programme. (New York: Praeger and UNESCO).

Sharp, R.; Broomhill, R. 1990. Women and government budgets. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 25: 1, pp1-14.

 

Shaw, R. (1981) "Women's Employment in the Arab World: A Strategy of Selective Intervention" Development and Change (April): 237-271.

Sherbini, Nazli (1995) A Study on Legal Literacy of Women and its Importance and Effect on Women, Families and Society In the Report of the NGOS for the International Conference for Women (1995) "The Evolution of the Egyptian Women from Nairobi to Beijing". 18pp.

Skjonsberg, Else (1991) Women in Development Towards the Year 2000 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, A Discussion Paper prepared for DANIDA. The World's Women,1970-1990,Trends and Statistics. New York: United Nations 1991:7. 42pp.

Sokana, Y., et al. (1985) Femme Energie, Alimentat en Afifre de l'Amest (Tokyo: UNU).

Soliman, Ahmed (1988) "Housing the Urban Poor in Egypt: A Critique of Present Policies" International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 12.1 (March): 65-86.

Soliman, Azza. (1995) "Programme of Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment and Its Effect on Egyptian Women in the Labour Force" Conference on Social Effects of Structural Adjustment. (Cairo: INP )

Soliman, Salwa (1996) Indicators for the Status of Women at the Governorate Level (Cairo:UNICEF) (Arabic) 123pp.

Soliman, Salwa (1996) The Proposed Indicators to Study the Relative Status of Egyptian Women (Cairo: UNICEF and the Information Center for Decision Making). 48pp (Arabic, Summary)

Sullivan, Earl L. Women in Egyptian Public Life (Cairo: American University in Cairo) Press. 236 pp.

Sullivan, Earl L. and Karima Korayem (1981) Women and Work in the Arab World (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press).

 

 

 

 

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Tansel, Aysit (1996) Self Employment, Wage Employment and Returns to Education for Urban Employment and Returns to Education for Urban Men and Women in Turkey. A paper presented in the Conference on "Labor Markets and Human Resource Development" Kuwait: Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. 44p.

Taylor, Viviene(1996) Gender Mainstreaming in development planning . A reference manual for government and other stake - holders. (United Kingdom : London Commonwealth Secretariat )

The Fourth International Conference on Women (1995) The Situation of Women in Egypt (Cairo: Egyptian National Committee for NGO preparation for Beijing with UNICEF-Egypt).

Tolba, Soheir Sukkary (1985) "Changing Roles of Women in Egypt's Newly Reclaimed Lands" Anthropological Quarterly 58.4: 182-189.

Toubia, Nahed, Amira Bahyeldin, Nadia Hijab, and Heba Abdel Latif (1994) Arab Women, a Profile of Diversity and Change (Cairo: Population Council). 65pp. Tables, charts, maps, photos.


Tucker, Judith (1978) "Egyptian Women in the Workforce: An Historical Survey" Merip Reports 50: 3-9 and 26.

 

 

 

 

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UN and CAWTAR (1995). Arab Women : Trends, Statistics and Indicators. (New York: United Nations)

UN (1995) The World' s Women 1995 : Trends and Statistics (New York: United Nations). 2nd Edition


UN (1994) Women in a Changing Global Economy, World Survey on the Role of Women in Development (New York: United Nations) 128pp.

UN (1992) The Impact of Economic and Political Reform on the Status of Women in Eastern Europe: Proceedings of a United Nations Regional Seminar (New York: United Nations). 106pp.

UN, UNICEF, UNFPA, and UN Development Fund for Women (1991)"World's Women: Trends and Statistics" (New York: UN).

UN (1990) The Situation of Women 1990: Equality- Development- Peace (New York: United Nations).

UN (1989) Handbook for National Statistical Databases on Women and Development (New York: United Nations). 119pp.

UN. (1989) Training Users and Producers in Compiling Statistics and Indicators in Women Development (New York: United Nations). 120pp.

UN (1988) Compendium of International Conventions Concerning the Status of Women. (New York: United Nations). 186pp

UN (1988) Compendium of Statistics and Indicators on the Situation of Women (New York: United Nations).

UN and Center for Human Rights (1988) Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments (New York: UN).

UN (1988) The Supply of Female Labor in China." New York: UN.

UN (1988) World Population Trends and Policies Special Topics: Fertility and Women' s Life Cycle and Socio-Economic Differentials in Mortality (New York: United Nations). 411pp.

UN (1986) Women and the Industrial Development Decade in Africa, Addis Ababa (New York: UN)

UN (1986) World Survey of the Role of Women in Development (New York: UN). 240pp (tables)

UN and ILO (1981) Tripartite African Regional Seminar on Rural Development and Women (Dakar: UN/ILO).

UN and ESCWA Social Development and Human Settlement Division (1978) Evaluation of Home Based Employment Programs for Lebanese Rural Women (Beirut: UN).

UN and ESCWA, Center for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs (1978) "Regional Conference for the Integration of Women in Development" 29 May-4 June, Amman.

UN Department of International Economic and Social Affairs (1985) Women's Employment and Fertility: A Comparative Analysis of World Fertility Survey Results for 39 Developing Countries (New York: UN).

UNDP (2002) Human Development Report 2002 , Egypt (New York: UNDP).

UNDP (1996) Human Development Report 1996 (New York: UNDP).

UNDP (1995) Human Development Report 1995 (New York: UNDP). 230pp.

UNDP (1990)  Socioeconomic Challenges of the Nineties: The Role of Arab Women in Development (New York: UNDP).

UNDP (1985) Women's Participation in Development: An Inter-Organizational Assessment (New York: UNDP).

UNESCO (1986) Women's Concerns and Planning: A Methodological Approach for Their Integration into Local, Regional and National Planning (Paris: UNESCO).

UNESCO (1980) "Meeting of Experts on Research on the Status of Women, Development and Population Trends: Evaluation and Prospects" 25-28 Nov., Paris.

UNESCO (1980) "Meeting of Experts on the Indicators of Women's Participation in Socio-Economic Development." 21-24 Apr., Paris.

UNFPA and Cairo Demographic Center (1994) "Population and Development" Research Monograph Series No. 1. Cairo: Cairo Demographic Center.

UNICEF (1991) Women's Participation in the Labor Force (New York: UNICEF).

UNICEF (1988) The Experience of Rural Women in Eqleet and Silwa Village with the Rural Women Project Aswan Governorate (Cairo: UNICEF).

UNIFEM (2002) Paving the road towards Empowerment : Egypt , Jordan , Palestine , Syria , Lebanon , Yemen , United Arab Emirates.


UNIPUB (1983) Bibliographic Guide to Studies on the Status of Women. Development and Population Trends (New York: UNIPUB).


UNFPA (2000). Working to empower women. (New York:UNFPA)


UN Volunteers (1990) Informal Discussion Note for UNV: Special Consultation on Volunteer Participation in Working with the Urban Poor (Geneva: UNV).

 

 

 

 

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Vickers, Jeanne (1991) Women and the World Economic Crisis (London: Zed Books). 

 

 

 

 

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Weidman, C. Jean and Zohra Merabet (1993) Egyptian Women and Micro enterprises: The Invisible Entrepreneurs. The Gemini Report. Bethesda, MD: Alternatives.

White, Barbara, Charles Cox and Cary Cooper (1992) Women's Career Development: A Study of High Flyers (Hong Kong: Padstow).

Wikan, Unni (1980) Life among the Poor in Cairo (London: Ann Henning).

Wikan, Unni (1985) "Living Conditions among Cairo's Poor: A View from Below" Middle East Journal 39.1 (Winter): 7-26.

Women in the World, 1975-1985, the Women's Decade (1986) In Studies in international and comparative politics. (California: Lynne B. Reimer). 484pp. incl. bibl.
 

World Bank (2002) Arab Republic of Egypt. Poverty Reduction in Egypt : Diagnosis and Strategies (Washington, DC: World Bank).

World Bank (1994) Population and Development: Implications for the World Bank (Washington, DC: World Bank).


World Bank (1994) A World Bank Policy Paper: Enhancing Women's Participation in Economic Development (Washington, DC: World Bank).

World Bank (1990) Analysis Plans for Understanding the Social Dimensions of Adjustment (Washington, DC: World Bank).

World Bank (1990) Women in Development: A Progress Report on the World Bank Initiative (Washington, DC: World Bank).

World Bank (1986)World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics 1995: Proceedings Michael Bruno and Boris Pleskovic, eds.( Washington, DC: World Bank).

 

 

 

 

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Yeandle, Susan (1984) Women's Working Lives: Patterns and Strategies (London: Tavistock).

Young, Kate (1993) Planning Development with Women: Making a World Difference (New York: St. Martin's Press).

Young, Kate (1988) Women and Economic Development: Local, Regional and National Planning Strategies. Paris: UNESCO. 231pp. (Originally published as Women's Concerns and Planning, a Methodological Approach for their Integration into Local, Regional and National Planning) incl. biblio.

Youssef, Nadia Haggag (1980) Woman-Specific Strategy Statement: The Case of Egypt (Cairo: International Center for Research and Women). 42pp

Youssef, Nadia Haggag (1976) Education and Female Modernism in the Muslim World. Reprint: Journal of International Affairs,30(2). pp.191-209

Youssef, Nadia (1970) "Social Structure and Female Labor Force Participation in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Latin American and Middle Eastern Countries" Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

 

Youssef, Shahid (2001) Globalization and the challenges for developing countries. (New York : World Bank)

 

 

 

 

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Zaalouk, Malak (1991) Women (Cairo: CAPMAS, Labor force Information System Project, Preliminary Report).

Zenie-Ziegler, Wedad (1988) In Search of Shadows, Conversations with Egyptian Women (London: Zed Books )142pp. With tables and index

Zulficar, Mona (2002). Background Paper in Gender Assessment Profile,World Bank. forthcoming

 

Zulficar, Mona (1995). “Women In Development: A Legal Study” (Cairo: UNICEF). 159pp

 

 

 
   
   
   
   
   
 

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