ESCWA is holding an expert group meeting to present and discuss the preliminary findings of a forthcoming report on middle class. Using a social definition of class, the report pinpoints its key features, growth challenges and the needed policy interventions to consolidate its role as a growth engine for development and social stability in the Arab region. Participants discuss the following findings:
- A conceptual framework for measuring the middle class
- Size, characteristics, and dynamics of the Arab middle class
- The middle class poverty and vulnerability
- The middle class informality
- Social protection status of the middle class
- Impact of fiscal policy on the middle class
- Skills of the middle class
- Impact of conflict and social movements on the middle class
Amman, Jordan
