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Bank’s Capital Buffers and Business Cycle: Evidence from GCC Countries, 2004-2011
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the capital buffers maintained by banks and the... Read More
Impact of Improving Irrigation Water Use Efficiency on the Valorization of Water Resources: Case of Irrigated Wheat Production Systems in Central Tunisia
The main objectives of this paper are to evaluate the impact of water use efficiency... Read More
Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt
This research deals with women’s empowerment as an outcome of interest by defining the different... Read More
Is there Feminization of Poverty in Egypt?
This paper uses five cross sections of newly released Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey... Read More
Which Factors Determine the Upgrading of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)? Evidence Egypt, India and the Philippines
Many low and middle-income countries suffer from a lack of medium-sized companies, which tend to... Read More
Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis
This paper investigates the global macroeconomic consequences of country-specific oil-supply shocks. Our contribution is both... Read More
Risky Business Political Instability and Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World
Which foreign direct investments are most affected by political instability? Analysis of quarterly greenfield investment... Read More
Changed Regimes, Changed Priorities? Economic and Social Policies after the 2011 Elections in Tunisia and Egypt
This paper seeks to examine the economic and social policies that key political actors in... Read More
The Impact of Economic Freedom on Entrepreneurs’ Activities and Economic Growth: New Evidence From Cross-Country Data
This paper’s purpose is to study the moderating effect of economic freedom on the relationship... Read More