FAMIS Spotlight
The Social Research Center conducts and encourages multidisciplinary social science research in Egypt and the Arab region, trains researchers, and guides and assists graduate students, scholars and organizations engaged in social science research in the region. The center informs policy formulation and implementation while contributing to knowledge in the social sciences. It contributes to developing skills and building institutional capacity in the region as well as to advance public debate about important issues.
Research activities encompass a broad range of topics including studies of population and fertility, poverty, political participation of women, the effects of economic liberalization, urbanization, social epidemiology, maternal and child health, and the environment. Available (and under development) online are a number of "resource sites" dealing with women and children's health and economic conditions as well as an electronic index of SRC projects, staff, and an extensive bibliography of SRC publications.
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