Sustainability - Resource Security & Management

The Role of Urban Resilience Strategies in the Economic Recovery of Post-Conflict Aleppo: Enhancing Livelihoods of the Host, Returnee, and Displaced Communities

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Mon, 02/27/2023 - 14:01
Aleppo hosts a large population of remainees, returnees, and internally displaced people. Over the past decade, the city has experienced massive economic decline; the extensive destruction of Aleppo’s infrastructure has exacerbated the situation, resulting in a significant deterioration in residents’ livelihoods. The literature on post-conflict recovery notes that appropriate and well- managed rehabilitation planning and implementation can contribute to local economic recovery.

Assessing the Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on Imports and Overall Protection in OIC

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Thu, 10/13/2022 - 18:20

The paper discusses the decline in tariffs and the increasing use of nontariff measures (NTMs) in countries constituting the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). The paper calculates frequency ratios (number of imports subject to NTMs), coverage ratios (Import value subject to NTMs), tariff equivalent (AVEs) of NTMs, and overall protection (protection provided by tariff and AVEs) for the years 1997 to 2015. The analysis shows that the usage of NTMs has increased in recent decades. More than 50 percent of trade in most countries was subject to NTMs as of 2015.

Food Security and Migrant Workers in Qatar: a Socio-Economic Analysis

Submitted by Umar Farooq Patel on Mon, 09/05/2022 - 11:25

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), there are four critical dimensions of food security:

1) the obtaining of sufficient quantities of food of appropriate quality (Availability)

2) access to adequate resources for acquiring food for a nutritious diet (Affordability)

3) utilization of food through adequate diet for a healthy and productive life (Quality) and

4) the stability of food resources, over time (Safety) (Global Food Security Index, 2019)

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