Cash for citizenship: rich Arab countries may pay poor islands to take ‘stateless’ BidoonsComment | 15 November 2016 | Dina Mansour-IlleThe Comoros government is in negotiations with the UAE and Kuwait to trade its citizenship for cash - a deal that would create hundreds of thousands of 'migrant nationals'. Read and comment
Children and social protection in the Middle East and North AfricaBriefing papers | October 2011 | Paola Pereznieto, Rachel Marcus and Erin CullenThis Project Briefing synthesises findings from a study mapping social protection in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, with a particular focus on policies and programmes that impact children and how these might be strengthened. Download
The impact of the Gulf crisis on developing countriesBriefing papers | March 1991 | Marcus ManuelThis Briefing Paper draws on the findings of an ODI study on the Gulf crisis. The paper summarises the effects of the crisis and looks at the response to it by the international community. Download
