News

This blog post is written by Ahmed Goher (Economic Research Forum) In an attempt to understand the causal relationship between democracy and development, Adam Przeworski, Carroll and Milton Professor of Politics and (by courtesy) Economics at New York University, took... Read More

This blog is written by Ahmed Goher (Economic Research Forum) The Economic Research Forum (ERF) held its second plenary session on ‘Forms of Democracy and Development’ on March 21, in the context of the 21st Annual Conference being held in... Read More

This post is written by Ahmed Goher (Economic Research Forum) The Economic Research Forum (ERF) brought together speakers Eva Bellin (Brandeis University), Erik Berglof (London School of Economics) and Larry Diamond (Stanford University) on the third and final day of... Read More

This blog is edited by Ahmed Goher (Economic Research Forum) The Economic Research Forum (ERF) announced that is inviting proposals for papers to be presented in ERF’s 22nd Annual Conference, which will be held in Cairo, Egypt, March, 2016. Authors... Read More

This blog is written by Ahmed Goher (Economic Research Forum) The Economic Research Forum held a three-day training workshop, from May 10-12 at its headquarters in Cairo, on the use of opinion poll data to link norm changes to underlying... Read More

The Economic Research Forum is organizing a workshop on “The Political Economy of the Private Sector in the Middle East,” June 5-6, 2015, in Oxford, UK. The workshop, being held in collaboration with the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, will... Read More

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

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

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