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    Modelling the density of Egyptian quarterly CPI inflation

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    This paper aims at modelling the density of quarterly inflation based on time-varying conditional variance, skewness and kurtosis model developed by Leon, Rubio, and Serna(2005). They model higher-order moments as GARCH-type processes by applying a Gram-Charlier series expansion of the normal density function.
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    Fiscal institutions and macroeconomic management in resource rich economies: the case of Yemen

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015
    The link between natural resource outcomes and the quality of institutions has attracted considerable attention in natural resource literature. But only very recently has its link to fiscal rules and institutions been discussed, focusing mainly on developed economies.
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    Trilateral development cooperation: how do poor countries experience it?

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2015
    Development assistance is changing partly because of efforts in search of more efficient and effective ways of aid delivery linked to development effectiveness discussions taking place under the auspices of the High-Level Panel on Development Effectiveness.
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    The G-20 tax agenda and Africa’s taxation needs

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The rapid growth of the global economy in recent years has meant that international tax laws have not kept pace with changes in the global business environment, with the consequence that multinational corporations (MNCs) are not necessarily taxed appropriately.
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    China-Egypt trade and investment ties – seeking a better balance

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2015
    This policy brief examines Chinese investments in Egypt and the bi-lateral trading relationship between the two countries in order to better understand the extent of economic engagement. Since 2013, a spur in high-level diplomatic exchanges led to the signing of numerous agreements, including a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement.
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    Shifting power reader: critical perspectives on emerging economies

    Transnational Institute, 2014
    Does the emergence of a multipolar global order open up policy space for alternative economic visions and pose a necessary challenge to a US and Northern-dominated global order? Or might it instead reinvigorate capitalism and exploitation by a new constellation of corporate elites?
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    BRICS: a global trade power in a multi-polar world

    Transnational Institute, 2014
    Central to the narrative of emerging powers, and particularly the BRICS, is the issue of trade, as both the driver of their economic surge, the factor behind their growing economies and the platform it has given them to assert influence in global governance.
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    The (missing) social protection for older people in Tanzania: a comparative study in rural and urban areas

    2009
    The United Republic of Tanzania (2003) responded to the given challenges by creating a National Policy on Ageing to set a base for promoting health care, participation and income security for its older population. After Mauritius it is the second country in Africa to have set such a concrete policy on ageing.
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    Effects of the Syrian refugees on Turkey

    Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, 2015
    Turkey hosts the largest population of Syrian refugees among the countries neighboring Syria. According to the latest official numbers, Turkey hosts over 1.6 million Syrian refugees as of November 2014. However, the actual number of refugees could be around 2 million.
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    Left behind, at risk, and vulnerable elders in rural China: what the RUMIC data reveal about the extent, causes, and consequences of being left behind

    Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, 2015
    Migration of any distance separates family members for long periods of time. In China, an institutional legacy continues to privilege the migration of working-age individuals who often leave children and elders behind in the rural areas. Up to now, the literature has treated children and elders analogously, labeling each group “left-behind”.

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