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Empowerment is a Community Affair: Community Level Determinants of Married Women’s Empowerment in Egypt
This paper examines the contextual and community-level determinants of multidimensional women’s empowerment in Egypt, while... Read More
Algeria–Mali Trade: The Normality of Informality
This paper estimates the volume of informal trade between Algeria and Mali and analyzes its... Read More
Political Connections and Tariff Evasion: Evidence from Tunisia
Are politically connected firms more likely to evade taxes? This paper presents evidence suggesting firms... Read More
Assessing Fiscal Sustainability in Algeria: A Nonlinear Approach
The main objective of this study is to examine the sustainability of fiscal policy using... Read More
An Estimation of Tariff Pass-Through in Tunisia
In this paper we evaluate the extent to which changes in tariffs and in international... Read More
Do ICTS Reduce Youth Unemployment in MENA Countries?
Abstract This paper examines the impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on youth unemployment... Read More
Can Banks Lead the Economic Recovery of the Arab Spring?
We analyze the role of banks in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen, pre-and post-revolution,... Read More
Competitive Real Exchange Rates Are Good for the Poor: Evidence from Egyptian Household Surveys
This paper develops a theoretical model that allows for assessing the poverty impact of the... Read More
Budgetary Institutions, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Growth: The Case of Saudi Arabia
This paper investigates budgetary and fiscal institutions in Saudi Arabia during the period 1969-2014. In... Read More