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Minimum and Living Wages in Jordan and Tunisia
Countries around the world are working to develop social protection floors to help reduce poverty.... Read More
Global Value Chain Participation, Institutional Quality and Current Account Imbalances in the MENA Region
This paper examines the relationship between the current account balance and participation in global value... Read More
Is There Any Impact of Public Spending on Bank Performance? Empirical Evidence from the MENA Region
This paper investigates the role of the level and composition of government spending as a... Read More
Freedom, Peace, and Justice: A New Paradigm for the Sudanese Health System After Sudan’s 2019 Uprising
This study demonstrates that health and its system are dynamic and interlinked with social and... Read More
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Care Work and Employment in the Middle East and North Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by widespread child care and school closures. Emerging evidence... Read More
Job Loss during COVID-19: Estimating the Poverty and Food Security Effects in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco
COVID-19 mobility restrictions have disrupted labor markets in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco; thousands of workers... Read More
Are Labor Markets in the Middle East and North Africa Recovering from the COVID-19 Pandemic?
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only led to a health crisis, but also to economic... Read More
Does COVID-19 Pandemic Spur Digital Business Transformation in The MENA Region? Evidence From Firm Level Data
The worldwide precautionary measures adopted to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 imposed a... Read More
Impact of The Stringency and Volatility of Covid Containmen Measures on Firms’ Performances in The MENA Region?
In this paper we study the impact of the variation of the stringency of COVID... Read More