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ERF is pleased to announce a call for proposals on “The Micro-Level Analysis of the Impact of Violent Conflict on Lives and Livelihoods in the MENA Region.” Selected authors will present their papers during a workshop by June 2020. Interested... Read More

Deadline for submission: 31 January 2020   The Faculty of Economics, Business and Management Sciences (FEBMS) in collaboration with the Laboratory of Economics & Development is organising the first international conference devoted to: The Informal Economy and Gender Inequalities, on the 15th and 16th of... Read More

شر فى : الأحد 27 أكتوبر 2019 - 8:29 م | آخر تحديث : الأحد 27 أكتوبر 2019 - 8:29 م   توقع الدكتور راجي أسعد، عضو منتدى البحوث الاقتصادية، والأستاذ في جامعة مينسوتا الأمريكية، أن يزيد الطلب على سوق... Read More

"دور النفط في اقتصاد دول الخليج" محور مؤتمر خليجي بجامعة السلطان قابوس الأحد، ٨ ديسمبر، ٢٠١٩ | 13:29 مسقط - الشبيبة انطلقت صباح اليوم "الأحد" فعاليات المؤتمر الدولي "دول مجلس التعاون في خضم التغيرات العالمية: الاستجابة للنظام الاقتصادي الجديد، الذي... Read More

by Khalid Abu-Ismail and Sherine Farouk Ghoneim   DECEMBER 24, 2019 In an effort to explain and find policy responses to the Arab Spring, there has been considerable focus on inequality. This column summarises the findings of a major research project on the issue... Read More

by Rabah Arezki and Ferid Belhaj  DECEMBER 24, 2019 Street protests are enveloping many countries in the Middle East and North Africa – and the fundamental cause is a growing sense of individual uncertainty and distrust of governments. This column argues that governments... Read More

Ragui Assaad   December 17, 2019 The more rapid growth of employment in small and medium-sized businesses compared with both micro enterprises and large firms in the Egyptian private sector presages the re-emergence of the ‘missing middle’. This column explains why... Read More

by Stephen Brien   December 17, 2019 GDP per capita is a useful metric of a nation’s average income, but it is widely considered to be incomplete as a measurement of prosperity. This column introduces a new measure that is particularly relevant... Read More

by: Ragui Assaad, Caroline Krafft, Khandker Wahedur Rahman and Irène Selwaness   This policy paper examines the evolution and structure of job creation in private establishments in Egypt from 1996 to 2017 using data from the recently released 2017 Establishment Census and its predecessors in 1996... Read More