NNN News Nigeria The International Monetary Fund approved an SMP (Staff Monitoring Program) for Comoros. The program is expected to help with policy recommendations and reforms as well as mitigate the pandemic’s economic burdens. Article
Read MoreFrontiers in Public Health This study analyzes the UAE response to the COVID-19 crisis through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Strategic Crisis Management Framework. Journal Article
Read MoreHuman Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics This study evaluates the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccination among health care workers prior to the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Morocco. It shows a relatively high rate of the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among health care workers in Morocco. Willingness to be vaccinated was significantly associated with job category, confidence…
Read MoreBMC Public Health This paper links perceptions of the pandemic to OCBs (Organizational Citizenship Behavior). Its findings suggest that burnout, job attitudes, and organizational outcomes change differently across generations in pandemic times. Journal Article
Read MoreWorld Bank With technical assistance from the World Bank, a new high-frequency survey was launched to help monitor the socio-economic impacts of the outbreak. Article
Read MoreUnited Nations This UN-Women report assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UN Women Oasis Centre beneficiaries with respect to economic status, safety and access to health services, and other factors. Report
Read MoreUnited Nations This UN-Women report assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UN Women Oasis Centre beneficiaries with respect to economic status, safety and access to health services, and other factors. Report
Read MoreStatista This article explores the impact of the pandemic on job recruitments in Algeria’s private sector. Twenty-eight percent of surveyed Algerian companies stopped hiring during the first quarter of 2021 because of the outbreak. This is compared to a hiring freeze of twenty-four percent of companies in 2020. Article
Read MoreWeqaya The majority of respondents to a survey conducted by a job website (Bayt.com) expected an increase in remote work. Respondents did not look forward to pre-pandemic in-person work settings. Article
Read MoreMiddle East Law and Governance This article demonstrates that the narrative of Tunisia’s democratic exceptionalism following the 2011 revolution is not translated into a liberal legal practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is instead upheld by an authoritarian rationale that serves the role of a formal channel that legitimizes power discourse. Journal Article
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