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Informality in Egypt: a stepping stone or a dead end?
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J. Wahba
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2009
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In the last few decades, the informal sector has played a major role in many of the Least Developed Countries’ labour markets. This is partly because employment in the informal economy tends to ...
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Measuring agricultural productivity growth in MENA countries
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M. Belloumi;M. Salah Matoussi
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2008
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This research paper investigates the patterns of agricultural productivity growth in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries during the period 1970 to 2000. The salient findings of the study are...
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Religion, politics and development: lessons from the lands of Islam
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J-P. Platteau
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2008
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What role has Islam historically played to promote or inhibit development? In this paper, the author presents a critical examination of the contention that Islam’s inherent merged relationshi...
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The quality of life of Palestinians under a chronic political conflict: assessment and determinants
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A. Mataria;R. Giacaman;A. Stefanini
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2008
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The entrenched conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) has altered social welfare and health care delivery systems in ways that pose challenges beyond those seen in other conflict or...
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Foreign aid and economic growth in Egypt and Jordan: an empirical analysis
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B. Abou al Foul
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2008
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The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in both Egypt and Jordan. It uses a newly developed approach to co-integration that is designed to perform with ...
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Trade liberalisation, agricultural productivity and poverty in the Mediterranean region
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N.B. Hassine;M. Kandil
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2008
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This working paper explores the links between trade openness, agricultural productivity, growth and poverty reduction in a panel of Mediterranean countries. The paper believes that international trade...
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Labor supply, employment and unemployment in the Egyptian economy, 1988-2006
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R. Assaad
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2007
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During the 1980s, a drop in infant and childhood mortality rates resulted in a population bulge in Egypt. There were concerns for how this generation would be accommodated economically when its mem...
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A new methodology for comparative analysis of poverty in the Mediterranean: a model for differential analysis of poverty at a regional level
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C Collicelli; V Massimiliano
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2000
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Over the last few decades, several studies have pointed out the multidimensional nature of poverty. Poverty suggests a hardship that is not solely confined to lack of the monetary resources necessary ...
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A Var analysis of exchange market pressure: a case study for the MENA region
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A Kamaly; N Erbil
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2000
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Recent currency crises in Asia and Latin America have once again raised the question of how policymakers can successfully defend exchange rates.In a managed exchange rate regime, exchange rate pres...
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Mean-reversion across MENA stock markets: implications for portfolio allocations
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S Hakim; S Neaime
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Economic Research Forum, Egypt,
2000
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Are stock market returns mean-reverting in the region? Mean reversion in a stock market suggests that bad returns are likely to be followed by periods of good returns. By contrast, in a random walk se...
