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Training on Analysis of Panel & Retrospective Household Survey Data
ERF organized a training workshop on December 9-11, 2013. The workshop covered techniques for analyzing panel and retrospective data, which are data for which we either have multiple observations at different points in time for the same individual or information... Read More
Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS 2012) is now Available!
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is pleased to announce the public release of the 2012 round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS 2012)
Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS 2012) is now Available!
The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is pleased to announce the public release of the 2012 round of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS 2012)
Costly squabbles: The solution to Tunisia’s economic problems lies in political consensus
This is a cross-post of a piece written by Niveen Wahish (ERF Communications Officer) On the second day of the ERF workshop on "The political economy of transformation in the ERF region", a policy seminar was held to discuss the... Read More
Socio-economic policies and the efficiency of democratic reforms
This is a cross-post of a piece 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... Read More
The political economy of transformation in the Arab region: Between cronyism and dualism
This is a cross-post of a piece written by Kaouthar Gazdar (PhD in Economics, University of Sousse) & Hajer Kratou (PhD student in Economics, University of Carthage & University of Auvergne) Crony capitalism in Egypt The second session of the... Read More
How long does it take for democratic reforms to improve institutional outcomes?
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 ongoing research “A time to throw stones, a time to reap: How long does it take... Read More
A glimpse of the private sector performance from a political economy angle
Why Arab capitalism has not been very dynamic? what are the reasons behind the low performance and innovation of firms? Is it related to cronyism? And if yes, did sections dominated by privileges grow more? Were they more profitable than... Read More
Democratization in the Arab region: The role of geopolitics and origins of political change
“The political economy of transformation in the ERF region” is indeed a broad research theme that involves several aspects; going from the nature of representative political institutions, to that of the labor markets in the region, fiscal transparency, characteristics of... Read More