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The Unending Search for a New Global Monetary and Financial Architecture
Abstract This paper analyzes some key features of the global monetary and financial crisis and... Read More
Trade Openness, Relative Demand of Skilled Workers and Technological Change in Tunisia, 1998–2002
Abstract This paper investigates the relationship between technological change and the relative demand of skilled... Read More
Assessing The Effects of Trade Liberalization on Wage Inequalities in Egypt: A Microsimulation Analysis
Abstract This paper develops a microsimulation analysis to evaluate the impact of trade liberalization policies... Read More
Does Agricultural Trade Liberalization Help The Poor in Tunisia? A Micro-Macro View in A Dynamic General Equilibrium Context
Abstract This paper is an attempt to contribute to the research on poverty-alleviation potential of... Read More
Decomposing Income Inequality in The Arab Region
Abstract The main objective of this paper is to perform a decomposition analysis of the... Read More
Economic Growth in Bahrain: The Contribution of Multifactor Productivity
Abstract With the process of expansion and the structural transformation taking place in Bahrain, it... Read More
Household Expenditure Polarization: Evidence from The Arab Region
Abstract This paper analyzes the trend and changes of household expenditure polarization in five Arab... Read More
Desperately Seeking the Positive Impact of Undervaluation on Growth
Abstract This paper contributes to a current and intense debate among economists on whether real... Read More
Generating Reliable Data to Perform Distributional Analysis in the Arab Region
Abstract The objective of this paper is twofold. Firstly, we show how reliable datasets can... Read More