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Oil, Middle East, and the Global Economy
ERF, USC Dornsife and Institute for New Economic Thinking invite you to submit papers for a conference on April 1-2, 2016. Deadline for submissions: January 20, 2016. The conference will feature sessions on Oil Shocks and the Global Economy, Sovereign... Read More
Development Under Fire: Middle East Economies in Times of Transition
Watch Ahmed Galal's talk at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Global Policy Forum, November 2015
Call for Papers: ABCDE 2016: “Data and Development”
The next ABCDE will take place on June 20-21, 2016 at World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. The theme of the conference will be “Data and Development”. The age of data is here to stay. New technologies are digitizing and... Read More
Governance, Aid and Corruption in Transition
Daniel Kaufmann, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Governance, aid and corruption in transition: Taking state capture seriously Evidence suggests that over the past decade, misgovernance in the Arab world was not only acute, but also worsened over time. Yet this poor... Read More
Is religion an obstacle to pro-women legal reforms in Morocco?
By Imane Chaara, ERF Award Winner Why do people need to identify themselves with the law? What kind of effect do education, location and religion have on the way people react towards legal reforms? How do women in Morocco react in... Read More
الدين والتنمية الاقتصادية
Original English post by Salma El Meligi, translated by Ramage Nada إن الربيع العربي منح مكاسب سياسية كبيرة للإسلاميين في كلٍ من مصر وتونس. فقد استفادت الأحزاب الإسلامية من كونها الأكثر تنظيماً، بجانب ما لها من سمعة في كونها بعيدة... Read More
Opacity in the attire of transparency!!!
This blog was written by Lobna Abdel Latif, Professor of Economics (Cairo University), on her research “Are improvements in fiscal transparency in Egypt endogenous to fiscal outcomes?” Opacity in the attire of transparency!!! The story of fiscal disclosure in Egypt Three... Read More
How can political connections help in capturing the energy subsidies that go to the energy intensive manufacturing sectors in Egypt?
This Op-ed is written by Dr. Ishac Diwan (Harvard Kennedy School) and Marc Shiffbauer (World Bank) This Blog post is based on a research paper ‘On Top Of The Pyramids: Cronyism And Private Sector Growth In Egypt’ by Phil Keefer, Ishac Diwan,... Read More
The political economy of transformation – Determinants of democracy in the Arab countries
By Moamen Gouda (University of Marburg, Germany) and Zeinab Sabet (GDNet) ERF’s workshop and policy seminar on “The political economy of transformation in the ERF region” kicked off. The workshop aims at discussing a number of draft papers, submitted in... Read More