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    The patterns of early retirement among Jordanian men

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Labour force participation (LFP) contributes to the economy's capacity to produce goods and services; however, the prevalence of a high rate of early retirement lowers LFP and has consequences on the economy. Utilising detailed data from Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey, this study examines early retirement patterns among Jordanian men.
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    Right to Information Learning Programme in India for civil society and media representatives of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), New Delhi (CHRI) organised a Learning Programme on the Right to Information (RTI-LP) for representatives of civil society, media and academia from Commonwealth member States- Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in East Africa, between 16-26 March 2014, with support from the Department for International Development (DfID), India office.
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    Oil prices, external income, and growth: lessons from Jordan

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    This paper presents a modeling framework dedicated for an oil-importing but labour-exporting small open economy which receives large inflows of external income from oil-rich countries. The paper aims to examine the importance of external income shocks in the growth dynamics of the country, taking Jordan as a case study.
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    The school-to-work transition of Jordanian youth

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    This paper aims at better understanding the school-to-work transition among the Jordanian youth using the recent Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey 2010 dataset. The paper present a dynamic analysis of the Jordanian labour market, following year after year the young individuals’ different employment statuses. The main findings are as follows:
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    Arab passengers’ airlines framework and performance: a cross-countries analysis

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    The present paper summarises the findings of four country studies (Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and United Arab Emirates; UAE), which investigated the relationship between the current passengers’ airlines framework and the performance of the sector in the country. The studies were meant to investigate the impact of further liberalisation on passengers and on welfare.
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    Labor mobility across the formal/informal divide in Turkey: evidence from individual level data

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Informality has long been a salient phenomenon in developing country labour markets, and Turkey, given its economic and demographic dynamics, provides rich evidence for a heterogeneous and multifaceted informal labour market. This paper studies worker transitions between sectors using panel data from Turkey.
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    Oil curse in Yemen: the role of institutions and policy

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    The high volatility of international oil prices and other adverse effects are identified in the literature as the natural resource curse (NRC). This paper studies the NRC hypothesis as it applies to Yemen.
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    Corruption Perceptions Index 2014

    Transparency International, 2014
    The Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 measures perceived levels of public sector corruption in 175 countries/territories around the world.
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    Algerian angst: can it agree on constitutional change?

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2015
    Algeria’s forthcoming constitutional amendments, first introduced by President Bouteflika in May 2014, have recently disappeared from public discussion and among the political elite, following a period of intense official political discourse that began prior to the presidential elections in April 2014.
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    The oil curse and labor markets: the case of Saudi Arabia

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Oil endowment facilitated unprecedented economic and social development in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region. In this respect, oil income enables generous government sector wage and employment policies in Saudi Arabia.

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