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By Banu Demir and Beata Javorcik The removal of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement quotas that governed global trade in textiles and clothing until the end of 2004 led to a big rise in competition from China for some Turkish exporters to the... Read More

By Ferid Belhaj and Rabah Arezki The Middle East and North Africa urgently needs a new social contract focused on economically empowering the hundreds of millions of youth who are expected to join the labour market in the coming decades..more

By Fatma El-Hamidi Recent notable developments in Egypt’s educational system include an agreement between the government and private firms to enhance the provision of technical and vocational education (TVE)..more

ERF is pleased to announce the opportunity for some 20 participants from the ERF region (Arab countries, Iran and Turkey) to participate in a hands-on training workshop on panel data econometrics. ERF will cover the cost of travel and accommodation... Read More

This Blog is written by Aalaa Halaka   “Six months ago, I warned about the risk of a ‘new mediocre’—low growth for a long time. Today, we must prevent that new mediocre from becoming the ‘new reality’.” Christine Lagarde, IMF... Read More

During the ERF 24th Annual Conference, Raed Safadi (Dubai Department of Economic Development) participated as discussant in a parallel session on international economics, focusing on trade policy and the MENA region. After the session, we recorded a short interview with... Read More

Rabah Arzeki is the Chief Economist for Middle East and North Africa Region at the World Bank. During the recent ERF 24th Annual Conference he presented in the third plenary session, during which he argued for the foundation of a... Read More

Hadi Salehi Esfahani from the University of Illinois presented in the third and closing panel at the ERF 24th Annual Conference.         According to Mr. Esfahani, the economic development of the MENA region can be achieved through... Read More