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Browsing Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) by Subject "Saudi Arabia"

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Title: The socio-political background and stakes of ‘Saudizing’ the workforce in Saudi Arabia : the Nitaqat policy Author(s): DE BEL AIR, Françoise Date: 2015 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Explanatory note; 3/2015; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: The paper addresses the historical and institutional background of labour management policies in Saudi Arabia. It envisages it as a long-term, structural impediment to the successful and rapid implementation of Saudization ...
Title: The legal framework of the sponsorship systems of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait : a comparative examination Author(s): ZAHRA, Maysa Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Explanatory note; 7/2014; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: The sponsorship system of the Arab Gulf countries comprises rules and regulations that tie the residence of a migrant worker to his/her sponsor in the country. This paper offers an in-depth examination of the legal framework ...
Title: Saudi Arabian investor class visas : an overview Author(s): AULAQI, Arwa Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Explanatory note; 6/2014; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: Currently, the Saudi Arabian government, through the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), offers an investor-class visa to facilitate and encourage foreign investment in the country. However, while many ...
Title: Demography, migration and labour market in Saudi Arabia Author(s): DE BEL-AIR, Françoise Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Explanatory note; 1/2014; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: Saudi Arabia is a prime destination and source of remittances from workers for many countries in Asia and the Arab world. As of mid-2013, expatriates made up 32 percent of the Kingdom's population, most of them coming from ...
Title: Arab Gulf States : an assessment of nationalisation policies Author(s): HERTOG, Steffen Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Research Paper; 2014/1; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: Gaps in labour rights and labour prices between nationals and migrant workers are the main causes explaining the low participation of GCC citizens in the region's private labour markets. Past policies of 'Gulfization' have ...
Title: Recent amnesty programmes for irregular migrants in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia : some successes and failures Author(s): SHAH, Nasra M. Date: 2014 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: Migration Policy Centre; GLMM; Explanatory note; 09/2014 Abstract: Hardly any research is available on the patterns of irregular migration in the Gulf countries, home to about 23 million migrant workers and their families. The objective of this paper is to briefly document the volume and ...
Title: Saudi Arabia's legal framework of migration Author(s): ZAHRA, Maysa Date: 2013 Type of Publication: Technical Report Series/Report no.: GLMM; Explanatory note; 4/2013; Migration Policy Centre Abstract: The following note offers an overview of Saudi Arabia's regulatory framework of migration. It serves as a guide to researchers looking to navigate the system of laws and implementing regulations covering a broad range of ...
Title: Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa Author(s): BEININ, Joel; VAIREL, Frédéric Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Book Abstract: The Middle East and North Africa have become places that almost everyone "knows" something about. Too frequently written off as culturally defined by Islam, strongly anti-Western, and uniquely susceptible to irrational ...