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    Trends and differentials in Jordanian marriage behavior: marriage timing, spousal characteristics, household structure and matrimonial expenditures

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    In recent decades, Jordanian society has undergone dramatic change in the realm of marriage and the family. This paper employs the 2010 Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey to analyse patterns in marriage behaviour over time and across socio-demographic groups.
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    Inequality of opportunity in child health in the Arab world and Turkey

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Growth and development in childhood is determined by both genotype (nature) and phenotype (nurture), with the influence of the latter being particularly crucial during a child’s first few years.
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    Return migration and entrepreneurship in Morocco

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    This paper contributes to a rapidly growing literature concerned with the potentially substantial implications of international migration for economic development in developing countries.
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    South Africa, Africa, and international investment agreements: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    Foreign direct investment is important for economic development, helping host countries to generate inflows of capital and finance; technological innovation; managerial best practices; and access to global market.
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    Immigration, emigration and the labor market in Jordan

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Jordan has been a country of both labour emigration and immigration. This paper uses the Jordan Labour Market Panel Survey of 2010 to study migration and the labour market in Jordan. The paper documents the characteristics of outward migration and describes both current Jordanian emigrants and return migrants.
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    Region-building and regional integration in Africa: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    Region-building is commonly defined as the effort by states in a common region to cooperate in ways that enhance their political, economic, social, security, and cultural integration.
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    Egypt airline passengers market: competition and performance

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    In the present era of dramatic changes in the air transport services sector, this paper examines the link between the extent of liberalisation and the performance of the Egyptian airline market. Yet, due data unavailability, the study is limited to the biggest Egyptian carrier, namely EgyptAir.
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    Brain drain from Turkey: return intentions of skilled migrants

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    An ever-growing number of studies deal with the various effects of skilled migration on the economies of the generally less developed sending countries. This study estimates an empirical model of return intentions using a dataset compiled from an internet survey of Turkish professionals residing abroad.
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    Demographics, labor force participation and unemployment in Jordan

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2012
    Jordan’s location influences labour mobility to and from Jordan. In this sense, Jordan is surrounded by Arab countries with large populations like Iraq, Syria and Egypt. Identically, Jordan is close to the rich Gulf countries, which have abundant natural resources and a small population.
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    The African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group and the European Union (EU): policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
    The African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) was established in 1975 with the aim of partnering the European Economic Community (EEC), now the EU, to promote the sustainable development of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and to integrate them into the global economy.

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