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Is Tunisian Trade Policy Pro-Poor?
The main aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of Tunisian trade policy... Read More
Can Gulf Banks Pass the CCAR Stress Tests?
The absence of a uniform standard for stress tests is a key challenge today for... Read More
Aligning Incentives for Reforming Higher Education in Tunisa
This paper is about the institutional and regulatory system governing higher education in Tunisia; its... Read More
The Causal Effect of Education on Health Behaviors: Evidence From Turkey
This study provides causal effect of education on health behaviors in Turkey which is a... Read More
Alternative Simulations of Equalization Transfers in Sudan
Federal transfers in the Sudan are key to reducing regional disparities and addressing marginalization. While... Read More
Modelling Conditional Volatility and Downside Risk for Istanbul Stock Exchange
We investigated the impact of alternative variance equation specifications and different densities on the forecasting... Read More
Fiscal Governance in Egypt: Strengthening Budgetary Institutions to Counteract Political Fragmentation
The paper contributes to discussions on budgetary institutions and fiscal governance in Egypt. It explores... Read More
Politics of Global Value Chains
The proliferation of global value chains makes the domestic production of goods increasingly dependent on... Read More
Informal Competition, Firms’ Productivity and Policy Reforms in Egypt
This paper investigates the effect of the competition stemmed from informal firms on formal firms’... Read More