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chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 262 Table A.3.1: Trends in Womens LaborForce Participation Source: World Bank 2003. Table A.3.2 Occupational Segregation in the Arab Countries and the World 262 Source: World Bank, 2003.

chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 263 Table A.3.3: Incidence of Poverty in Selected Arab Countries 19882000 Source: World Bank 2003. 263

chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 264 Table A.3.4: Summary of Safety Net Programsin Selected Arab Countries Programs Budget Numberof Beneficiaries Women in Local Currency Beneficiaries Jordan National Aid Fund 14,500,000 32,000 households Zakat Fund 1,441,840 80,000 households Jordanian Charity Association 650,267 International Assistance Aid 2,000,000 Queen Alias Fund 297,630 National Aid Fund (Vocational Programs) 2,600,000 Development and Employment Fund 21,769,98 550 beneficiaries (Loan ceiling is 10,000 Dinar + 6% administrative expenses.) Pay back on 6 year basis. Ministry of Social Insurance 500,000 Public Organization for Charity Associations 976,000 Sudan Zakat Fund (Diwan El Zakat) 5,000,000,000 50% of poor (1999) Social Insurance Fund 1.4 million Development and Savings Bank 1339,000,000 Saudi Arabia Social Insurance Program 3,60,000,000 Industrial Development Saudi Fund 10,4,000,000 Bahrain Female Headed Households program 3,715,158 10,229 Productive Families (Women Only) 750 Tunisia National Cooperation Fund $500,000,000 219,000 households Training and Employment Associations 94,000 Targets females (1218 years) National Program Supporting Needy Families 49,600,000 112,000 needy families out of the 150,000 families surveyed Yemen Social Care Fund 56,000,000 95,000 households (monthly expenses) 36,100 Small Enterprises Development Program 243,000,000 465 small enterprises established 43.1% of loans Loan size: 20,000 2,991 job opportunities to women with 1218% interest pending loan size Social Fund 80,000,000 21 projects in community development (for six years) 5 micro-credit projects (government) Women Participation in Development 1,500,000 Productive Families 10,000,000 5188 Egypt Social Insurance Program 33,000,000 21,400 regular beneficiaries 16,900 irregular beneficiaries Sadat Pension Fund 15,000,000 (yearly) 817,000 Productive Families 30,300 Nasr Social Bank 1billion Social Fund $1,476,000,000 Morocco National Social Security program 800,000 Social Protection System 2,300,000 (private sector) 264 1 Under the Public Organization for Charity Associations: Different Vocational Programs, Nour El Hussein Association, Queen Alia s Fund

chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 265 Table A.3.5: Percentage of Population below Poverty Line in the Arab Countries 265

chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 266 Table A.3.6: Micro-finance Programs in the Arab Countries 266

chapter 3 10/10/04 5:48 PM Page 267 Continuation Table A.3.6: Micro-finance Programs in the Arab Countries 267