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    Inequality, poverty reduction and the middle-income trap in Vietnam

    2015
    Vietnam has experienced a remarkable period of economic growth in the past two decades. The country now sits firmly in the World Bank’s category of ‘lower middle-income countries’. Sustained reductions in poverty have also been acheived. However, the task is not yet complete.
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    The global big oil on the way to business model innovation?

    State University Higher School of Economics,, Russian Federation, 2015
    This paper explores the current changes in the global strategy of the elite of the international oil companies, the so-called supermajors, within the context of the potential business model innovation.
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    Female employment in MENA's manufacturing sector: the implications of firm-related and national factors

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has realised significant advances toward improving women’s well-being and social status over the last few decades. However, women’s employment rate in the MENA region remains one of the lowest in the world.
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    MSEs informality and productivity: evidence from Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper assesses the impact of informality on household enterprise performance in terms of productivity and size of output of micro and small enterprises (MSEs). Furthermore, it pinpoints informality determinants with respect to different types of obstacles that impede their growth.
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    Flexible labor regulations and informality in Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Do flexible labour market regulations reduce informal employment? This paper examines the effects of changes in labour regulations on the incidence of formal employment. Using the case of Egypt, it studies the effects of the introduction of more flexible labour regulations in 2003, allowing employers to fire workers, on the incidence of formal employment.
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    Changes in the institution of marriage in Egypt from 1998 to 2012

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Fear over the perceived breakdown of the institution of marriage plagues many Egyptian policy-makers and members of the public. This study examines the trajectory of marriage behaviours in three nationally-representative surveys spanning the period 1998 to 2012 to determine whether this fear is justified.
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    Determinants of unemployment duration - Egypt

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This study uses a set of dates on unemployment, employment, mobility, marriage, and birth, from the 2006 and 2012 rounds of the Egyptian Labor Market Panel Survey, to construct a cross-section of first-unemployment spells, and to measure selected individual-specific attributes (age, residency, cohort, and marital status) at the time of the spell.
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    Women's participation in the Egyptian labor market: 1998-2012

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper examines the reasons for the persistently low participation of women in the Egyptian labor market over time and across the different economic sectors, using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) 2012. This panel dataset allows for an examination of the period leading up to and including the revolution, as it covers three different points in time: 1998, 2006 and 2012.
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    "Lived poverty" can inform Swazi anti-poverty efforts

    Afrobarometer, 2015
    Poverty continues to be a major challenge in Swaziland, exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the Swazi population were living in severe poverty in 2012. The Afrobarometer survey, which was conducted for the first time in Swaziland in 2013, provides insights into ordinary Swazis’ experience of poverty.
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    What role for natural resources in Botswana’s quest for economic diversification?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Botswana is typically perceived as a development anomaly on the continent. With a stable democracy and strong economic growth since 1966, the country’s success is in danger of being taken for granted. Diamond revenues are likely to decline in the near future. The government has historically depended on these, through its partnership with De Beers, to fund its development plans.

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