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Export-Led versus Import Substitution Industries: The Food Industry in Jordan
Many analysts believe that export-led policies improve technical efficiency. This is the main focus of... Read More
The Gender Dimensions of Poverty in Egypt
Gender dimensions of poverty are addressed, using the recent Household Expenditure, Income and Consumption Survey... Read More
The Determinants of Urban and Rural Poverty in Tunisia
The aim of this study is to identify the determinants of poverty in Tunisia, both... Read More
Historical Legacies and Gender Attitudes in the Middle East
This paper focuses on transformations of gender attitudes in a set of Arab societies covered... Read More
Comparing Effects of General Subsidies and Targeted Transfers on Poverty: Robustness Analysis Using Data Set from Tunisia
This paper starts by presenting a descriptive analysis of the effects of general food subsidies... Read More
Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: Time-Series Evidence and Cross-Province Estimates
Recently, several researchers hypothesized that the female labor force participation rate exhibits a U-shape during... Read More
Testing the Efficiency of Turkish Banks
This paper reports results from the application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) on Turkish commercial... Read More