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ERF and LIS are pleased to announce a call for proposals on “Inequality trends around the Mediterranean.” Selected authors will present their papers during ERF-LIS first conference by November 2019. Interested researchers are invited to submit their proposals by April... Read More

By Jaime de Melo In a week that marks the anniversary of the treaty for an African continental free trade area, signed in Kigali on 18 March 2018, this column asks whether it is a turning point on the road towards... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Ishac Diwan is a visiting professor at SIPA Columbia University, and the chair d’excellence monde Arabe at Paris Sciences et Lettres. He was a discussant on the 3rd plenary session of our 25th annual conference... Read More

By Romesh   Day 3 of ERF’s 25th annual conference began with a plenary discussion of job-creating growth in the emerging global economy. Keynote speaker Lant Pritchett of the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford began by... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Shireen Alazzawi is a lecturer at the economics department of the Leavey Business School, Santa Clara University. She chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka Dr. Shahrokh Fardoust is a research professor at the Global Research Institute, College of William and Mary. He chaired the 2nd plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Albert G. Zeufack is chief economist for Africa at the World Bank. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait, filling in for the Vice President of... Read More

By Aalaa Halaka   Dr. Xavier Briggs is the Vice President of the Ford Foundation. He was a panelist on the 1st plenary session of our 25th annual conference in Kuwait. Following the theme of the plenary session “Knowledge, Economic... Read More