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ERF takes on corruption
by Caroline Freund, posted in the World Bank MENA blog Reducing corruption requires integrity and economic growth. This was the main message I took from the Economic Research Forum's (ERF) annual conference in Cairo this week focused on eradicating corruption.... Read More
Role of firms and export performance in Syria – ERF Award Winner
The fourth and final plenary session at the Economic Research Forum's Annual Conference on Corruption and Economic Development was dedicated to granting awards to distinguished papers presented for the Conference. Abstracts and papers presented went through a highly selective screening... 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 response to legal reforms? Is... Read More
بإمكان الحق أن يكون خاطئاً: الشفافية في منطقة الشرق الأوسط
تم ترجمة هذا النص بمعرفة رماج ندا تمثل محاربة الفساد في البلدان النامية تحديا، إلا أن المعلومات يمكن أن تشكل أداة قوية في الكشف عن الفساد. في البلدان الناشئة والتي تمر بمرحلة انتقالية، تكون إمكانية الحصول على المعلومات لصالح الحكومات،... Read More
The right can still be wrong: Transparency in the MENA region
By Haitham el Khouly and Shahira Emara Fighting corruption in developing countries is a challenge. However, information can be an extremely powerful tool in exposing corruption. In emerging and transition countries, the balance of information between government and citizens is... Read More
Labor market dynamics in Egypt and Turkey
Individuals with low education in Egypt, are subject to one job career which gives them very little opportunity for improving life standards. This was one of the findings of the paper Structural labor market transitions and wage dispersion in Egypt... Read More
ERF 18th Annual Conference – Report plenary session 3: Fighting corruption
After having looked into the issues of measurement and consequences of corruption, and its determinants, the third plenary session of the ERF's 18th Annual Conference focused on how to fight corruption. Ziad Ahmed Bahaa-Eldin, Member of Egyptian People's Assembly, underlined the need... Read More
Recognizing corruption where we see it
On the second day of the Economic Research Forum’s Annual Conference, we recorded a short interview with Hillary Johnson and got her feedback on the timely theme of the conference: corruption. Johnson stresses on the importance of communication between researchers... Read More
Future prospects for economic growth in the MENA region
On the second day of the RF’s 18th Annual Conference , we caught up with Omniea Helmy, the Chairperson at a parallel session on Economic Growth in Turkey and the MENA region. Two papers were discussed in the meeting, the first... Read More