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Has Egypt’s Monetary Policy Changed after The Float?
Abstract After maintaining a currency peg to the US$ for more than 40 years, Egypt... Read More
Impact of International Migration and Remittances on Child Schooling and Child Work: The Case of Egypt
Abstract Egypt has been a major exporter of labor to oil-rich Arab countries. More recently,... Read More
The Politics of Investment and Growth in Egypt: Towards A New Approach
Abstract How can governments achieve substantial increases in productive private investment? ‘Improve the investment climate’... Read More
Bank Specific, Business and Institutional Environment Determinants of Banks Nonperforming Loans: Evidence from MENA Countries
Abstract The paper empirically analyzes the determinants of nonperforming loans (NPL) and the potential impact... Read More
Do Islamic Banks Have Greater Market Power?
Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate whether Islamic banks have greater market... Read More
Inequality of Opportunity in Egypt
Abstract This paper evaluates the contribution of inequality of opportunity to inequality in earnings in... Read More
The Political Economy of Attracting Public Funds: The Case of Lebanon
Abstract Using a new exceptional dataset on 80 poverty pockets in Lebanon in 2004, we... Read More
Financing Higher Education in Tunisia
Abstract This paper focuses on Tunisia, which like other developing countries, has allocated increasing levels... Read More
The Determinants and Policy Implications of Off-Balance Sheet Activities in MENA Countries Commercial Banks
Abstract Although there is literature about off-balance sheet (OBS) activities in the banking system, this... Read More