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How “Private” are MENA Capital Markets?
This blog is written by Alissa Amico (Program Manager, MENA, Corporate Affairs Division, OECD). Most stock exchanges in the Middle East, with the exception of the Palestine Stock Exchange, the Dubai Financial Market and a few broker-owned markets in North... Read More
The Egyptian Labor Market: Both Cause and Casualty of the 2011 Revolution
This blog is written by Ragui Assaad, an ERF Research Fellow and a professor of planning and public affairs at the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota. He recently co-edited a volume published by Oxford University Press titled ‘The... Read More
ERF to Hold Workshops on Education, Labor Market Dynamics and the Use of Labor Market Panel Survey Data in MENA
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is organizing three workshops on “Education in the ERF Region,” “Labor Market Dynamics in the Middle East and North Africa,” and “The Use of Labor Market Panel Survey Data” from July 26-28, 2015, at ERF’s premises in... Read More
ERF to Hold Second National Dialogue on the Relationship between Political and Economic Reform in Egypt
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) will hold a national dialogue under the title “Between Political Reform and Economic Development…Egypt the Future” on September 30, 2015. The event emanates from ERF’s understanding of the importance of having a serious discussion on... Read More
بين الاصلاح السياسى والتنمية الاقتصادية .. حوار حول مستقبل مصر
كتب هذا المقال أ. مصباح قطب عقد منتدى البحوث الاقتصادية بالتعاون مع شعبة المحررين الاقتصاديين بنقابة الصحفيين، الحلقة النقاشية الثانية من سلسلة الحوار القومى حول مصر المستقبل يوم الأربعاء 30 سبتمبر بمقر المنتدى. أدار الحلقة الدكتور/ أحمد جلال المدير التنفيذي... Read More
ERF Conference to Explore Women’s Empowerment in the Arab World
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) will hold a conference on women’s social and economic empowerment in the Arab World on October 24-25, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. The event, hosted in cooperation with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is intended... Read More
The Gender Gap Runs Deeper
Mahmoud El-Gamal, ERF Research Fellow and Rice University Professor of Economics and Statistics The Gender Gap Runs Deeper than Religion or Education CAPMAS, the official Egyptian statistical agency, announced in 2014 that job market participation rates were three times higher for males (at... Read More
The Empowerment of Women in the Household starts with their Empowerment in the Market
This blog is written by Dr. Zafiris Tzannatos, Senior Consultant for Strategy and Policy A precondition for effective bargaining (or, as some put it, negotiation) is to have some kind of power. This power can derive from “voice,” whereby... Read More
Religion: A Plural Reality with Multiple Meanings
This blog is written by Political Science Professor and former Parliamentarian Dr. Mona Makram-Ebeid The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization on the political, economic and security processes of different countries in the Arab... Read More