Contemporary social policy and development literature has recognized microinsurance as a new and promising avenue for extending social protection coverage to workers in the informal sector in developing countries. However, emerging research on the subject has focused narrowly on…
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The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a parent-training model which focuses on hearing impaired toddlers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in a setting that encourages play and language development. The present investigation analyzes mother or care providers/child in…
The economy of Saudi Arabia is essentially dependent on oil production which is a depletable resource. Thus, the fundamental question facing the Saudi Arabian economy is whether oil revenue can be used to create a self-sustaining economy. To address this issue, this study will a…
Saudi Arabian bureaucracy led a huge social and economic development program during the last twenty five years. This socio-economic development was accused of being regionally unbalanced. Some believed that the unbalanced development was caused by the disproportionate representa…
An area of Shetland is examined in order to identify how Iron Age settlements might have related to each other. The study area contains two brochs. An inter-disciplinary approach is used to identify evidence for other Iron Age settlements and the information is presented as a mo…
This dissertation examines the contrasting development outcomes among countries in the Global South that depend on revenue from oil and mineral exploitation. According to the conventional "resource curse" perspective, developing countries rich in oil and minerals paradoxically s…
The aim of this study was to determine the attitudes and behaviors of typically developing children toward their peers with special needs in two fully inclusive kindergarten classrooms in Turkey. The following research question guided the study: What types of beliefs and attitud…
During the 1970s and 1980s, the Islamic world experienced a wave of Islamic revivalism. This religious revivalism was experienced more in some countries than in others. Malaysia is one of the Islamic countries that experienced a high level of Islamic revivalism. ABIM, Jamaat Tab…
The link between the leadership styles of seven past national Nigerian leaders and direct foreign business investment in the country by multinational corporations was the focus of this study. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected to analyze the social, political, and e…
Today the new trend in educating students with hearing impairment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is to educate these students in public schools with hearing students. One of the assumptions for educating deaf students in public schools is the expected benefit of students with he…