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Youth Essay Competition – Egypt
To engage youth in finding innovative solutions to youth employment in Egypt, the ERF and the World Bank launched the first “Youth Essay Competition.” The competition addressed youth unemployment in ... read more
The Use of Labor Market Panel Survey Data
Labor markets play a central role in determining a country’s economic and social progress; thus the availability of labor market and demographic data is integral to measure the impact of ... read more
Labor Markets Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa
Labor market dynamism – the creation and destruction of jobs and the reallocation of labor to more productive uses - is an important part of healthy economies. In many Arab ... read more
The Economics of Informality in The ERF Region
The recent Arab Awakening is seen by many analysts to partially reflect economic exclusion. One form of exclusion is informality of both workers and firms. Workers in the informal sector ... read more
The Jordanian and Egyptian Labor Markets in a New ERA: Highlights from the Analysis of Two Labor Market Panel Surveys
As many countries struggle to construct economic policy in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, a dynamic analysis of MENA labor markets is particularly important. The work carried out by ... read more
The Impact of Labor Market Regulations and Institutions on Labor Market Performance and Outcomes
ERF organized a workshop to discuss the preliminary findings of five draft papers on labor market regulations and institutions. The papers covered several issues, such as the impact of labor ... read more
Women Economic Empowerment
The Middle East Center of the London School of Economics hosted an ERF workshop on Women Economic Empowerment on November 29, 2013 on its premises in London. The workshop is ... read more
Writing Winning Research Proposals and Papers, 2012
ERF receives many research proposals annually under various competitions or call for papers. In recent years, the following pattern has emerged: many proposals address policy relevant questions but are ... read more
Entrepreneurship: Tackling Social Challenges
Egypt: Youth Essay Competition A dynamic Private Sector and Entrepreneurship are vital for growth, economic development, and job creation. In the current socioeconomic context, social entrepreneurship can play an important factor ... read more
