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Financialization and Income Inequality

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1821

Topic

F6. Economic Impacts of Globalization

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

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Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in...

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1820

Topic

E1. General Aggregative Models

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

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Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab...

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1819

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

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Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational...

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1818

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

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Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance:...

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

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The World Economy and Implications for the Middle East and North Africa Region, 1995-2010

Abstract This paper examines recent developments and likely longer-term trends in the external environment facing... Read More

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Some Technological Aspects of an Environmentally Sustainable Policy for Turkey

Abstract Environmentally sustainable development requires a balance between economic growth targets and a healthy environment... Read More

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The Relationship of Gender Difference in Education to Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis

Abstract The objectives of this study are: (1) to explore the cross-country relationship of gender... Read More

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Key Long-Term Development Issues in Jordan

Abstract This paper deals with the key long-term issues in Jordan. It reviews concisely the... Read More

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Le Partenariat Euro-Méditerranéen

Abstract The Mediterranean has become a stage that reflects the complexities of the new world... Read More

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Key Long-Term Development Issues in Tunisia

Abstract Two opposite views can emerge when analyzing the Tunisian development experience. The first is... Read More

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Employment Experience in the Middle East and North Africa

Abstract This paper provides an overview of the employment experience in the Middle East and... Read More

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External Finance in the Middle East: Trends and Prospects

Abstract This paper examines recent financial flows to and from the Middle East with two... Read More

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Economic Growth in the Middle East and North Africa: An International Perspective

Abstract This paper examines from an international perspective the growth experience of a group of... Read More

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