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Understanding the determinants of inequality in Arab states
Racha Ramadan (Cairo University) was a panelist in the special session Rethinking Inequality in Arab States, which took place during the ERF 24th Annual Conference. In the video below, she explains that the joint ERF-ESCWA report on inequality examines... Read More
Rethinking Inequality in Arab States – Joint ERF-ESCWA report
The Economic Research Forum and ESCWA are embarking on a joint report on Rethinking Inequality in Arab states. During the ERF 24th Annual Conference, we caught up with Khalid Abu-Ismail, Chief of the Economic Development and Poverty Section at UN-ESCWA,... Read More
Oil prices volatility and its macroeconomic implications for the MENA region
Kamiar Mohaddes (University of Cambridge) participated in the second plenary at the ERF 24th Annual Conference. After his presentation, we caught up with him and recorded the short video interview below. Dr. Mohaddes argues that the oil market... Read More
Trade policy and the MENA region
During the ERF 24th Annual Conference, Ahmed Ghoneim (Cairo University) participated as discussant in a parallel session on trade policy and the MENA region. After the session, we recorded a short interview with Prof Ghomein, in which he introduces the... Read More
Inequality and early child development in Turkey and in Algeria
During the ERF 24th Annual Conference, Mohamed Ali Mourani (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University) participated as discussant in a parallel session on inequality and early child development in Turkey and in Algeria. In the video below, he presents the main findings... Read More
What are the determinants of procyclical government spending and how could it be made anti-cyclical
Jaime de Melo, former professor at the University of Geneva, chaired a parallel session focusing on fiscal policy during the ERF 24th Annual Conference. In his words, the session was extremely important especially for MENA countries but also... Read More
The role of government spending in economic growth
Hamid Mohtadi from University of Wisconsin an University of Minnesota was the discussant of two papers about role of government spending in economic growth, presented at the ERF 24th Annual Conference. The two papers were using more up-to-date methodologies... Read More
How to apply the lessons from East Asia for growth in the MENA region?
Gouda Abdel-Khalek is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science at Cairo University. At the ERF 24th Annual Conference, he participated as a discussant in the first plenary session, focusing on the lessons from the Asian... Read More
Challenges to development in the MENA region
Atif Kubursi is Professor Emeritus of Economics at McMaster University. After the first plenary session at ERF 24th Annual Conference we had the opportunity to record a short video interview with him and capture his impressions form the session. According... Read More