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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

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

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

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

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

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

How long does it take for democratic reforms to improve institutional outcomes? This post was written by Pierre-Guillaume Méon & Khalid Sekkat, Centre Emile Bernheim – Université libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), on their research “A time to throw stones, a time to... Read More

This post was written by Kaouthar Gazdar (PhD in Economics, University of Sousse), Hajer Kratou (PhD student in Economics, University of Carthage & University of Auvergne) & Zeinab Sabet (GDNet) The fourth and last session of the workshop’s first day... Read More

This is a cross-post of a piece written by Pierre-Guillaume Méon & Khalid Sekkat, Centre Emile Bernheim – Université libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), on their research “A time to throw stones, a time to reap: How long does it take for... Read More