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Informal Communities In Cairo: The Basis Of A Typology, Linda Oldham, Haguer El Hadidi, Hussein Tamaa Jan 1987

Informal Communities In Cairo: The Basis Of A Typology, Linda Oldham, Haguer El Hadidi, Hussein Tamaa

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A Statement On Current Research Activities Of The Population And Family Planning Board, Egypt, Sarah F. Loza Jan 1981

A Statement On Current Research Activities Of The Population And Family Planning Board, Egypt, Sarah F. Loza

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The symposium on "Social Research for Development" was held on May 5-11, 1981, in Cairo, Egypt; by the Social Research Center (SRC) of The American University in Cairo (AUC). The Symposium was supported by funds from Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Ford Foundation, International Development Re­search Center {IDRC}, and the Population Council. The theme of the Symposium was selected in respons.e to the increased con­cerns of social scientists, policymakers and funding agencies about the current status and new directions of social science research, its role in the pro­cess of social and economic development, and its contribution to policy-rele­vant issues. The …


Population Policy, Frederic Shorter Jan 1981

Population Policy, Frederic Shorter

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The symposium on "Social Research for Development" was held on May 5-11, 1981, in Cairo, Egypt; by the Social Research Center (SRC) of The American University in Cairo (AUC). The Symposium was supported by funds from Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Ford Foundation, International Development Re­search Center {IDRC}, and the Population Council. The theme of the Symposium was selected in respons.e to the increased con­cerns of social scientists, policymakers and funding agencies about the current status and new directions of social science research, its role in the pro­cess of social and economic development, and its contribution to policy-rele­vant issues. The …


Family Planning: Integration And Technology, Duff Gillespie Jan 1981

Family Planning: Integration And Technology, Duff Gillespie

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The symposium on "Social Research for Development" was held on May 5-11, 1981, in Cairo, Egypt; by the Social Research Center (SRC) of The American University in Cairo (AUC). The Symposium was supported by funds from Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Ford Foundation, International Development Re­search Center {IDRC}, and the Population Council. The theme of the Symposium was selected in respons.e to the increased con­cerns of social scientists, policymakers and funding agencies about the current status and new directions of social science research, its role in the pro­cess of social and economic development, and its contribution to policy-rele­vant issues. The …


Cairo's Nubian Families, Peter Geiser Oct 1980

Cairo's Nubian Families, Peter Geiser

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This study examines the social and economic framework of the Nubian com­munity in an atterrpt to discover whether, in fact, the Nubian community cur­rently maintains its sense of social solidarity within a societary context of social change and, if so, how and to what degree this is accomplished. One aspect of this study to be presented in this monograph is the adjustments of Nubian families to the urban condition of Cairo.


Population And Urbanization In Morocco, Saad Eddin Ibrahim Apr 1980

Population And Urbanization In Morocco, Saad Eddin Ibrahim

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This study examines the interplay between two sets of variables in Mo­rocco: population dynamics and urbanization. Its ultimate aim is to prov­ide a solid empirical and conceptual basis for the fonnulation of sound pol­icies for the implementation of a balanced, synchronized development progran. The chief task of the present work is to address the situation in Morocco following the colonial experience. Population and migratory patterns are analyzed within this context to detennine their role in the creation of the present situation of disequilibrium.