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ERF 31st Annual Conference: Youth, Demographic Dividend and Migration in MENA

The Economic Research Forum’s (ERF) Annual Conference, a tradition maintained since 1995, has become the premier event.

upcoming-events
ERF 31st Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions

The Economic Research Forum’s (ERF) Annual Conference, a tradition maintained since 1995, has become the premier event.

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Regional Policy Conference on: Clean Energy Transition in the Middle East and North Africa and the Role of Small, Medium and Micro Firms

Context Access to energy is becoming increasingly challenging, especially for energy-importing countries in the MENA region. This.

Hybrid Event

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Growth in the Middle East and North Africa – Seminar on The World Bank’s MENA Economic Update

The Economic Research Forum (ERF) and the World Bank’s Office of the Chief Economist for the Middle.

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ERF 30th Annual Conference – First Plenary Session

To set the analytical stage, this plenary would build on three flagship publications, namely: Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy, proposing a theory of the emergence of and stability of democracy and dictatorship; Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty sharing a theory of why some countries have flourished economically while others have fallen into poverty; and finally The Narrow Corridor: States, Society and the Fate of Liberty, examining the incessant and inevitable struggle between states and society, giving an account of the deep historical processes that have shaped the modern world.

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The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the Southern Mediterranean plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and innovation. Due to its high degree of interconnectedness, ICT provides strong backward and forward linkages to industries such as healthcare, education,.

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