Labour Economist, International Labour Organization
InformalityYouth EmploymentGenderLabour Markets in Crisis and Fragile Contexts
Expertise
Aya Jaafar is a Labour Economist at the ILO’s Regional Office for Arab States. She joined the ILO in 2011 and has since been involved in various country and regional level projects and activities. She has a solid knowledge of macroeconomic and labour market issues in the Arab region and has contributed to various ILO and UN joint research activities.
Aya’s work centers on conducting and coordinating research and policy analysis, providing technical support on economic and labour market issues and contributing to the design and delivery of capacity building activities for tripartite constituents in the region.
Education
Finance and Economics
MSc, London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom, London) - LSE
2011
Economics
BA, American University of Beirut (Lebanon, Beirut) - AUB