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    Transforming Egypt: innovation and diversification as drivers of growth

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    Egypt has benefited from a brief period of considerable economic growth before the 2011 revolution. Still, such growth has not substantially reduced poverty or underemployment nor raised the quality of employment in the country.
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    How should Uganda grow?

    Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2014
    Income per capita in Uganda has doubled in the last 20 years. However, economic growth has been concentrated in non-tradable activities and faces challenges, including rapid rural population growth, high dependency ratios and an approaching oil boom of uncertain size and duration.
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    The impact of Arab Spring on hiring and separation rates in the Tunisian labor market

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    The Arab Spring rocked Tunisia in 2011 and not only does it symbolise the power of ordinary people, but it also shed light on the structural economic problems afflicting the region.
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    India and its Eastern neighbours: prospects for sub-regional cooperation

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    South Asia is the fastest growing region in the world. The combined economy of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is the third largest in the world in terms of GDP (PPP), with US and China ahead. SAARC countries make up around 21 percent of the total world population with around 1.7 billion people.
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    How to achieve efficiency in public procurement auctions

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper empirically investigates the optimal number of bidders to achieve the lowest procurement prices in public procurement auctions. It uses a unique data set provided by the Public Procurement Authority of Turkey that covers all government procurement auctions for the years 2004-2010 (472,560 auctions).
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    Can a nuclear deal help Iran’s young labor force?

    Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2015
    Iran is poised to reap a vast “demographic dividend” if the appropriate national and international policies are adopted, including a nuclear deal with the P5+1 (five permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany).
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    Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

    The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) was established in July 2004 as an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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    Policy framework for Foreign Direct Investment promotion in South Africa: operations, effectiveness and Sustainability

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Foreign direct investment promotion in South Africa has expanded considerably in the two decades from 1995 to 2015. The investment promotion system is quite decentralised, with much of the work being carried out by provincial governments, albeit with support from Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA), a division of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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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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    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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