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by Vladimir Hlasny The emigration and return migration of working-age men in the Middle East and North Africa have significant effects on national economies. This column summarises new evidence on the contribution of moving to another country for work and later... Read More

by Sumru Altug and Simon Neaime Lebanon’s high and rising public debt has become unsustainable. This column explains why it is essential that the austerity measures in the draft budget of 2019 are approved in order to avert imminent debt and exchange rate... Read More

by Khalid Abu-Ismail and Manuella Nehme Can the development prospects of the Arab countries be separated from the natural resource endowments that have been shaping their economies for so long... more  

by Amani Abou Harb, Rabah Arezki, Rachel Yuting Fan, Daniel Lederman and Ha Nguyen One striking feature of the recent economic history of the Middle East is high-income Gulf economies financing the persistent ... more   

by David Yanagizawa-Drott Employment rates for women in Saudi Arabia are very low. By custom, they cannot decide for themselves whether to work or not ... more

by Burhan Can Karahasan   The Turkish economy is characterised by considerable regional disparities, including big differences in the willingness of new firms to locate .. more

by Amirah El-Haddad   Since the majority of Egypt’s labour force is in the informal sector, where three quarters of workers earn less than the minimum wage, the recent increase .. more

  ERF is pleased to announce the release of two new Harmonized Labor Force Surveys (HLFS) for Egypt 2007 and Egypt 2008.   To know more about the newly published data or access any of the data sets, please visit... Read More

The J-PAL/American University in Cairo Initiative for Egypt, a research center based at AUC, works to improve the effectiveness of social programs in Egypt and across the region. The office offers technical and program implementation support to J-PAL affiliated researchers undertaking... Read More