Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation in the Arab Region

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract Eradicating poverty remains one of the Arab region’s greatest challenges, particularly amid the economic shocks brought about by COVID-19 and a global slowdown. High youth unemployment, low factor productivity, and anemic growth failing to trickle down to households have characterized much of the region. Meanwhile, social protection remains poorly funded and inadequate, with approximately 60% of population not covered by any social protection benefit. The authors lay out the policy responses enabling poverty alleviation and facilitating self-sustenance. They urge regional governments to continue strengthening and broadening social protection. Capitalizing on demographic dividend, governments should enlarge their fiscal space efficiently and sustainably to enable an adequate and resilient investment in social protection. The least developed and conflict-affected countries should aim to alleviate extreme poverty, and prioritize in-kind transfers and employment guarantees. Arab middle-income and Gulf Cooperation Council countries should advance fiscal interventions such as wealth solidarity transfers toward closing the poverty gaps. Effective structural transformation, including sector diversity and governance reforms, should be pursued.
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Authors Khalid Abu-Ismail, Vladimír Hlásny
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0027
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197761465.013.0027
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