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Egypt: Youth Essay Competition
To engage youth in finding innovative solutions to Youth Employment in Egypt, the Economic Research Forum and the World Bank are pleased to announce the first Youth Essay Competition. The deadline for submission for youth-written essays is November 30, 2016.... Read More
Comparative Labor and Human Development Research Using Labor Market Panel Surveys Data
ERF invites affiliates and non-ERF affiliates to submit proposals that enhance the understanding of a variety of labor market challenges and issues relevant to the region. Deadline for submissions: December 15, 2016. ERF has made substantial investments in collecting... Read More
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs): Stabilization, Investment Strategies and Lessons for The Arab Countries
ERF has organized a workshop on Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), in Washington, USA in collaboration with The World Bank, on September 10-11, 2016. In view of their dependence on temporary and volatile commodity income, many oil-rich Arab countries realized the importance... Read More
Arab Attitudes toward Gender Equality and toward the Islamic State: New Public Opinion Survey Findings
By Mark Tessler, University of Michigan Recent public opinion research in the Arab world sheds light on the views held by ordinary citizens about two very important issues. The first of these is gender equality. The second is the... Read More
The Political Economy of Contemporary Arab Societies
ERF has organized a workshop on "The Political Economy of Contemporary Arab Societies", in Beirut, Lebanon, in collaboration with The Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI), American University of Beirut. Check details and related material here
Opinion Poll Data Analysis Using Multilevel Models
ERF has organized a training workshop on “Opinion Poll Data Analysis Using Multilevel Models. This workshop addressed the use of opinion poll data to test theories related to attitudes to gender equality, civic action, democracy and human security and economic... Read More
New Micro Data
ERF is pleased to announce the dissemination of “Integrated Labor Market Panel Survey, ILMPS”. The ILMPS includes the created, compatible and harmonized variables (to the extent possible) across all LMPSs rounds: the ELMPS 1988, 1998, 2006, and 2012, the JLMPS... Read More
Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab Economies
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is pleased to announce the publication of its new book on: Understanding and Avoiding the Oil Curse in Resource-rich Arab Economies, edited by Ibrahim Elbadawi and Hoda Selim. Read more...