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The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), organized by the World Bank Development Economics (DEC) Vice Presidency, is one of the world's best known series of conferences for the presentation and discussion of new knowledge on development. The conference... Read More

By Melani Cammett Under what circumstances is a country most likely to make a successful transition to democracy? This column outlines the roles of both human agency and more...

By Hassan Hakimian The first ten years of the twenty-first century saw an unprecedented surge in oil prices and highly favourable incomes for oil-exporting countries in the Middle East more...

By Roy Van der Weide, Christoph Lakner and Elena Ianchovichina Standard estimates of income and consumption inequality rank Egypt as one of the world’s most equal countries. By analysing data on house prices to obtain a more accurate estimate more...

By Subidey Togan The World Trade Organization’s Agreement on Government Procurement aims to ensure that public procurements in signatory countries are conducted in a competitive more...

ERF is pleased to announce the dissemination of a New Harmonized Labor Force Survey (HLFS) for Jordan 2016. To know more about the newly disseminated data or access any of the data sets, please visit the ERF's Open Access Micro... Read More

ERF is pleased to announce the dissemination of a New Harmonized Labor Force Survey (HLFS) for Yemen 2013-2014 . To know more about the newly disseminated data or access any of the data sets, please visit the ERF's Open Access Micro... Read More

By Bahadir Dursun, Resul Cesur and Inas Rashad Kelly Educational reforms in Turkey 20 years ago led to a significant improvement in the attainment of young men and women. This column reports research indicating that more

By Jackline Wahba Job creation in the formal private sector is vital for inclusive economic growth in many MENA countries, but in some cases, it is being hampered by over-protective labour regulations more