{"id":9,"date":"2015-07-04T05:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T05:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-05-15T06:49:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T06:49:41","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2024). Resurrecting Goods and Services Tax (GST): The Case for A Comeback. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), University of Malaya. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/swrc.um.edu.my\/img\/files\/SWRC%20Working%20Paper%20Series%20-%20Resurrecting%20Goods%20and%20Services%20Tax%20(GST)%20The%20Case%20for%20A%20Comeback.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2024). Towards Equitable Transition: Safeguarding Welfare Amidst Subsidy Reform in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), University of Malaya. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/swrc.um.edu.my\/img\/files\/SWRC%20Working%20Paper%20Series%20-%20Towards%20Equitable%20Transition%20-%20Safeguarding%20Welfare%20Amidst%20Subsidy%20Reform%20in%20Malaysia(1).pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2023). The National Social Wellbeing Blueprint. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), University of Malaya. ISBN 978-629-96636-3-8. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/swrc.um.edu.my\/img\/files\/National%20Social%20Wellbeing%20Blueprint.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2023). Cost of Inaction: Education Deprivation in Iraq and the Potential of Social Protection to Reverse it. Baghdad: ILO Iraq. (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_873037.pdf\">here<\/a> for English and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_873040.pdf\">here<\/a> for Arabic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2022). Adopting Public Works in Iraq: Key Design Considerations for an Effective Program. Baghdad: Government of Iraq and ILO Iraq. (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_863749.pdf\">here<\/a> for English and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_863751.pdf\">here<\/a> for Arabic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2022). UN&#8217;s Position Paper: Building Iraq\u2019s Social Protection Floor: Framework and Recommendations. Baghdad: United Nations. (click <a href=\"https:\/\/iraq.un.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/Building%20Iraq%E2%80%99s%20Social%20Protection%20Floor.pdf\">here<\/a> for English and <a href=\"https:\/\/iraq.un.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-08\/Building%20Iraq%E2%80%99s%20Social%20Protection%20Floor%20Arbaic.pdf\">here<\/a> for Arabic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2022). Closing Malaysia\u2019s Social Protection Coverage Gap. (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2022). Generation 2050: Turning Iraq\u2019s Demographic \u2018Gift\u2019 into an Economic Window of Opportunity. Baghdad: ILO Iraq. ISBN: 9789220374856. (click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_848620.pdf\">here<\/a> for English and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/wcmsp5\/groups\/public\/---arabstates\/---ro-beirut\/documents\/publication\/wcms_848623.pdf\">here<\/a> for Arabic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2020). De-commodifying Pre-school Education in Malaysia: Investment Case. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Center, University of Malaya. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Working-Paper-Series-2020-1-Decommodifying-Preschool-Education-in-Malaysia-v2.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2019). Longevity Risk and Social Old-Age Protection: Situation and Analysis and Pathways to Reform. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Center, University of Malaya. ISBN: 978-967-2182-24-5 (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Longivity-risk-book-book-SWRC.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2019) Gender Lens Review of Malaysia\u2019s Social Protection Arrangements. (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2019). <span lang=\"EN-GB\">Framework for Consolidating Social Protection Programs in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Government of Malaysia (unpublished report).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead Author (2017). Introducing and Costing a Child Grant in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: UNICEF Malaysia (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/malaysia\/sites\/unicef.org.malaysia\/files\/2019-04\/child%20grant%20working%20paper.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2017). One Size Fits All? Yes, No, or Maybe: Crossroads of Economic Development and International Social Policies. (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2017). Malaysia 2050: Economically Productive and Socially Inclusive. Kuala Lumpur: UNICEF Malaysia (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Malaysia-2050.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2017). The Case for Universal Social Protection in Myanmar: Options, Costs and Policy Benefits. Global Social Policy. Sage Publications. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1468018117729915\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2016). Nepal\u2019s Demographic Window of Opportunity: Seize it or Lose it. (forthcoming).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2016). Introducing an Income Security Package for Madagascar.\u00a0Antananarivo: UNICEF Madagascar. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Madagascar_Final-2017.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author (2016). Affordability of the Social Protection Floor: Evidence from Eight Developing Countries. (click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SPF-six-countries.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author (2015). Road to Recovery: Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to Nepal\u2019s Earthquake of 2015 and a Catalyst for Consolidating Nepal\u2019s Social Protection Floor. Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/report\/nepal\/road-recovery-cash-transfers-emergency-response-nepal-s-earthquake-2015-and-catalyst\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author (2015). Cost of Child Marriage in Indonesia. 10th ISPCAN Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/uszm.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/abstract_book-apccan-Kuala-lumpur.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2015). A Multitemporal, Multivariate Index to Dynamically Characterize Vulnerability of Children and Adolescents in Nepal. Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/child-threat-index-062515.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author (2015). Out-of-the-Box Social Policies.\u00a0Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/OOB_Social-Policy_Final_v.2_Aug-11-2015.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author (2014). Options and Strategies for Scaling up the Child Grant in Nepal: Impact, costing, and fiscal space. Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal\u00a0(Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/socdev\/csocd\/2016\/Nepalchildgrant-GK.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2014). Assessment of Nepal\u2019s Fiscal Envelope. UNICEF Nepal. Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/un.info.np\/Net\/NeoDocs\/View\/2175\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2014). The Cost on Inaction: Adolescent\/Child Marriage in Nepal. Kathmandu: UNICEF Nepal. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlsnotbrides.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/UNICEF-Nepal-Cost-of-Inaction_WPo1_2014.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2014). The Sustainability of the Welfare State: the case of Argentina (forth coming)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2014). Upgrading social protection in Myanmar: a discussion piece (click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/myanmarsystemsandcosting.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2012). Costing the Social Protection Floor within Zimbabwe\u2019s Fiscal Space: Rapid Diagnostic Exercise. Harare: UNICEF Zimbabwe. (click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/diagnosticZIM.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2013). Replacing Egypt&#8217;s Gasoline Subsidy with a System of Child Benefits. Cairo: UNICEF Egypt. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Subsidy-Egypt.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2012). Social Protection: Accelerating the MDGs with Equity. In I. Ortiz, L. Daniels, &amp; S. Engilbertsdottir (Eds.), Child Poverty and Inequality: New Perspectives (pp. 103-117). New York: UNICEF. ISBN: 978-1-105-53175-0. (Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/socialpolicy\/index_62108.html\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2012). Integrating a System of Child Benefits into Egypt\u2019s Fiscal Space: Poverty Impact, Costing, and Fiscal Space. Cairo: UNICEF Egypt. (Click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cash_Transfer_final_Egypt.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2011). Argentina\u2019s System of Social Cash Transfers: Situation Analysis and Future Development. Buenos Aires: UNICEF Argentina. (English click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Argentina-CCT.pdf\">here<\/a>, Spanish click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sistema-de-Transferencias-Monetarias-Sociales-en-la-Argentina.pdf\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2008). Zambia. Social Protection Expenditure Review and Social Budget. Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN 978-92-2-121251-5 (print) &amp; 978-92-2-121252-2 (web pdf). (click<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilo.org\/global\/publications\/ilo-bookstore\/order-online\/books\/WCMS_104871\/lang--en\/index.htm\"> here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2008). Zambia. Social Protection Expenditure Review and Social Budget- Executive Summary. Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN 978-92-2-121253-9 (print) &amp; 978-92-2-121254-6 (web pdf).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2008). Inter-Regional Project: How to Strengthen Social Protection Coverage in the Context of the European Union Agenda on Decent work and Promoting Employment in the Informal Economy. Syrian Arab Republic- A Case Study. Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN 978-92-2-121593-6 (print) &amp; 978-92-2-121594-3 (web pdf). (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.social-protection.org\/gimi\/gess\/RessourcePDF.action;jsessionid=e96b8a7727b89a1f0fb1433d880497f162174dbfee86b109b9d3b6c13c8dd4b8.e3aTbhuLbNmSe34MchaRahaPc3n0?ressource.ressourceId=7165\">here<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2008). Inter-Regional Project: How to Strengthen Social Protection Coverage in the Context of the European Union Agenda on Decent work and Promoting Employment in the Informal Economy. Jordan-A Case Study. Geneva: International Labour Office. ISBN 978-92-2-121589-9 (print) &amp; 978-92-2-121590-5 (web pdf). (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.social-protection.org\/gimi\/gess\/RessourcePDF.action?ressource.ressourceId=7161\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2006). Modeling Health Care in Zambia within the Fiscal and Social Envelope. Maastricht: Maastricht School of Governance. (click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Zambia.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Co-author (2005). The Economic Impact of Connecticut\u2019s Corporate Tax Policy Changes: 1995 \u2013 2012. Storrs: Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2004). Evaluation of Connecticut Tax Reform of 1991. Storrs: University of Connecticut. (click <a href=\"http:\/\/amjad-rabi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tax-reform-connecticut.pdf\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead Author (2024). Resurrecting Goods and Services Tax (GST): The Case for A Comeback. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), University of Malaya. (Click here). Lead Author (2024). Towards Equitable Transition: Safeguarding Welfare Amidst Subsidy Reform in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Social Wellbeing Research Centre (SWRC), University of Malaya. (Click here). Lead Author (2023). 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