Ghada Barsoum
Assistant Professor
Public Policy & Administration
The American University in Cairo
Egypt
Biography
Ghada Barsoum is assistant professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Her research focuses on issues of youth, gender, employment and poverty. She was recently the principal investigator of a study on informality in Egypt in collaboration with the UNDP regional office. Prior to joining AUC, She was research associate at the Population Council, West Asia and North Africa Office. Barsoum is the author of a book on the employment crisis of female graduates in Egypt and a number of papers in peer-reviewed journals
Research Interest
Youth inclusive policies, Employment and social protection, Youth employment programs, Evaluation research
Publications
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Barsoum, Ghada. 2012. "Arab Youth: A Focus on the Challenges of the Employment and Civic Participation," OIDA International Journal on Sustainable Development, Vol. 5, pp. 39-54.
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Barsoum, Ghada. 2013. "The Alignment of the Policy Objectives of Youth inclusion and Population Regulation in Post Arab-Spring Egypt: A Discussion Paper". International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Volume 33, issue 7/8
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Barsoum, Ghada. forthcoming. “Striving for Job Security: The Lived Experience of Employment Informality among Educated Youth in Egyptâ€. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Volume 35, issue 3/4
