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Financial Sector Policy and Poverty Reduction in Sudan
This paper examines the structure and performance of the financial sector in Sudan and its... Read More
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Egypt: Does Women’s Empowerment Lead to Greater Investments in Children?
This paper presents new empirical evidence from Egypt on the existence of intrahousehold allocation bias.... Read More
Economic Performance and Unemployment: Evidence From an Emerging Economy-Turkey
This article examines whether various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on the overall unemployment... Read More
De Facto Exchange Rate Policies in the MENA Region: Toward Deeper Cooperation
The adoption of exchange rate policy coordination and cooperation within a regional framework becomes a... Read More
General or Vocational? Evidence on School Choice Returns, and “Sheep Skin” Effects From Egypt 1998
The debate on the relative benefits of upper secondary vocational education and of general education... Read More
Industrial Energy Policy: A Case Study of the Demand in Kuwait
The purpose of building the industrial energy demand model was to assess the impact of... Read More
Unemployment Rate in the United Arab Emirates: The Case of Abu Dhabi
Unemployment is a critical social and economic problem in both developed and developing countries. This... Read More
Productive Efficiency in Bahrain Economy
The main objective of this study is to measure and analyze one of the most... Read More
Islamic Banks Participation, Concentration and Profitability: Evidence From MENA Countries
Using cross-country bank level data, this paper examines the performance of Islamic banks in a... Read More