The history of the ILO is characterized by a long fight to put employment at the heart of development strategies. Cautious about the limits of the growth trickle down effect, the ILO always emphasized that the economic growth objective should be reincorporated into an integrated development...

This synthesis report is based on eleven thematic reports: one presenting the methodology of the study, and ten dealing with the living conditions of the Palestine refugees. Written by various authors, the reports analyse the results of the surveys undertaken in the summer of 2005 in the United...

The paper describes the everyday lives of young people in the Spanish quarter of Naples. He offers an interpretation of the interplay between various “life spaces” (physical/public, family/private and relational/public), all of which are characterised by a culture of disorganisation and...

This paper describes and analyses the employment situation of Palestine refugees living in the five main geographic fields of UNRWA's operations: the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic. Labour markets are the main income-generating activity for Palestine...

Based on a survey of almost 10,000 individuals, the UNRWA/IUED/UCL project aims at analysing the current living conditions of Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The present study represents the first comprehensive attempt to examine...