This book is the outcome of a research project that was conducted in Armenia in 2012-2014. The overarching goal of the project was to assess current Armenian civil society: to determine what has changed or remained constant ...

Introduction. Local coalitions can advance public health initiatives such as smoke-free air but have not been widely used or well-studied in low-income and middle-income countries. Methods. We conducted a matched-pairs ...

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic numerous reports point to the fact that women are mainly shouldering the burden of increased domestic care duties. But even before the pandemic struck, women performed more than two ...

This paper assesses the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on small and medium-sized enterprises in Armenia. The analysis of representative nationwide survey data reveals that as compared with large-company employees, SME employees ...

This paper explores the multidimensional deprivation from labor market opportunities in Armenia by constructing a Quality of Employment measure. Using Labor Force Survey datasets for the years 2018 and 2020, we conduct a ...

Introduction: Low- and middle-income countries often face the issue of unequal distribution of healthcare services and human resources between rural and urban areas. Globally, there are many factors negatively affecting ...

The research was funded by the Manoogian Simone Research Fund (MSRF), established by the Government of Armenia and administered by the American University of Armenia. It was carried out at the American University of ...