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Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.
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Favoring the Small and the Plenty: Islamic Banking for MSMEs
While MSMEs form the backbone of many countries, most of them suffer from limited access... Read More
Banking Market Power and Its Determinants: New Insights from MENA Countries
This paper evaluates the degree and determinants of banks’ market power in 13 MENA countries... Read More
How Economic, Political and Institutional factors Influence the Choice of Exchange Rate regimes? New Evidence from Selected Countries of the MENA Region
In this paper, we investigate how economic, political and institutional factors affect the choice of... Read More
Potential Effects of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Turkish Economy
In December 2019, the EU announced the European Green Deal (EGD) whose ultimate target is... Read More
Impact of COVID-19 on Tunisian Imports
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the trade flows between countries, revealing the vulnerability related to global... Read More
Tunisia’s Trade with Sub-Saharan Africa: Large Room for Growth?
This paper examines Tunisia's trade pattern with Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Specifically, it investigates what... Read More
On the Political Economy of Trade Agreements: A De Jure and De Facto Analysis of Institutions
This paper examines the effect of the quality of institutions on the membership in trade... Read More
Assessing the Impact of Irrigation on Kurdish Separatism in Southeastern Turkey
This paper leverages a large-scale dam construction project in Southeastern Turkey to test the hypothesis... Read More
Rural Electrification and Empowerment of Women in Rural Iran
We estimate the causal impact of electrification on fertility and the gender gap in education,... Read More