ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/CL2.GPID/2023/5
Country: Arab Republic of Egypt, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, State of Kuwait, Lebanese Republic, State of Palestine, Republic of Tunisia
Publication Type: Flagship publications
Cluster: Gender Justice, Population and Inclusive Development
Focus Area: Inclusive development, Population dynamics & migration
Initiatives: Development challenges, Public finance and inclusive fiscal policy
SDGs: Goal 1: No Poverty, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Keywords: Middle class, Economic conditions, Labour market, Poverty, Households, Fiscal policy, Taxation, Gender discrimination, Know-how, Artificial intelligence, Armed conflicts, Social policy, Sectoral planning, Social security, Health insurance, Case studies, Recommendations, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Arab countries
The Middle Class in Arab Countries
November 2023
Over the past few decades, concerns have escalated about the fate and fortune of the middle class worldwide. The middle class in Arab countries has been grappling with political instability and conflict, rising informality, lack of decent work opportunities, inactive social protection schemes, and unrelenting poverty.
The flagship report "The Middle Class in Arab Countries” is based on a series of eight working papers that include the definition, measurement, size and characteristics of the middle class in six Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the State of Palestine and Tunisia). The papers scrutinize the impact of conflict on the livelihood of the middle class, the challenges to its growth, and the risks that could result in the middle class falling into vulnerability and poverty. The findings of the report pave the road towards implementing targeted policy interventions to safeguard the living standards of the middle class and enhance its future prosperity.
- Conceptualizing and measuring the middle class in the Arab countries
- Middle class in Arab countries
- The economic status of the middle class: the situation in Egypt, Jordan and the State of Palestine
- Informal middle-class workers: the missing middle
- Social protection and the middle class: evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia
- The impact of fiscal policies on poverty and vulnerability levels among the middle class in Egypt
- The skills of the middle class in Arab countries
- Impact of conflict on the middle class in the Arab countries
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Over the past few decades, concerns have escalated about the fate and fortune of the middle class worldwide. The middle class in Arab countries has been grappling with political instability and conflict, rising informality, lack of decent work opportunities, inactive social protection schemes, and unrelenting poverty.
The flagship report "The Middle Class in Arab Countries” is based on a series of eight working papers that include the definition, measurement, size and characteristics of the middle class in six Arab countries (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, the State of Palestine and Tunisia). The papers scrutinize the impact of conflict on the livelihood of the middle class, the challenges to its growth, and the risks that could result in the middle class falling into vulnerability and poverty. The findings of the report pave the road towards implementing targeted policy interventions to safeguard the living standards of the middle class and enhance its future prosperity.
- Conceptualizing and measuring the middle class in the Arab countries
- Middle class in Arab countries
- The economic status of the middle class: the situation in Egypt, Jordan and the State of Palestine
- Informal middle-class workers: the missing middle
- Social protection and the middle class: evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia
- The impact of fiscal policies on poverty and vulnerability levels among the middle class in Egypt
- The skills of the middle class in Arab countries
- Impact of conflict on the middle class in the Arab countries
