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The Catastrophic Economic Consequences of Illness and their Effect on Poverty Estimates in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine
Illness can have catastrophic economics consequences on households in developing countries. In extreme cases, illness... Read More
Trade Facilitation and Firms Exports: The Case of Egypt
This paper tackles the impact of red tape barriers on firms’ exports. The topic of... Read More
Labor Market Heterogeneity and Optimal Exchange Rate Regime in Resource-Rich MENA Countries
Although countries of the MENA region are commonly considered as primary-commodity economies, they show sharp... Read More
Health Behaviors and Education in Turkey
This is the first study that provides empirical analysis of the variation in health behaviors... Read More
The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Economic Activity Over the Bsiness Cycle: An Emirical Investigation in the Case of Algeria
This paper estimates the effects of fiscal policy on Algerian economic activity using a Markov... Read More
Mapping and Explaining Attitudes Toward Political Islam Among Ordinary Citizens in The Middle East and North Africa
This paper provides partial summaries of two interrelated works that use survey data to map... Read More
Is Monetary Policy in Egypt Backward or Forward-Looking?
The objective of this paper is to test whether monetary policy in Egypt has been... Read More
Trade and Access to Finance of SMEs: Is There A Nexus?
Limited resources and barriers to entry are critically higher for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)... Read More
Impact of Internal Migration on Political Participation in Turkey
During last sixty years, the Turkish population moved from one province to another at the... Read More