The Quality of Life and Policy Issues among the Middle East and North African Countries

• Main Author: el-Aswad, el-Sayed (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Human Well-Being Research and Policy Making,
• Subjects: Quality of life.; Social policy.; Economic development.; Cultural studies.; Quality of Life Research.; Social Policy.; Development Studies.; Cultural Studies.
• Physical Description: XXIV, 143 p. 37 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783030003265
• ISSN: 2522-5367
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-00326-5

This book addresses the challenges threatening the quality of life and well-being of people living in the MENA region. It focuses on both internal / local and external / global drivers impacting their well-being particularly in the domains of economy, health, and education. Additionally, it presents a critical analysis to help readers understand the position that the MENA countries currently occupy in the world. Lastly, it provides policy analysts and decision makers with otherwise hard to obtain data and information related to socio-economic, cultural, demographic, technological, and political factors that have influenced the quality of life there.