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Returns to Education in the Marriage Market: Bride Price and School Reform in Egypt
This paper posits marriage market returns as a contributing factor to stagnant female labor force... Read More
Lebanon at Risk: The Uncertain Road from A Debt Overhang to A New Growth Path
This paper provides an account of the 2019 financial crisis in Lebanon. It then analyzes... Read More
The Sudan Syndrome: State-Society Contests and The Future of Democracy After The December 2018 Revolution
Around 65 years ago when Sudan was about to gain its independence, it was described... Read More
Deindustrialization and Trade Openness: The Tunisian Case
Although industrialization has long been considered crucial for economic development and growth, the economic landscape... Read More
State-Business Relations in Sudan: The Prospects for A Dynamic Private Sector
This paper reviews the state-business relations (SBRs) forged by the state rulers in Sudan who... Read More
Estimating the Causal Relationship between External Debt and Inflation in Jordan: Evidence from an ARDL and Toda-Yamamoto Approaches
This study investigates the causal relationship, if any exists, between external debt and inflation in... Read More
The Effects of Exchange Rate Changes on Sudanese Output: An Asymmetric Analysis using the NARDL Model
This study tests the hypothesis that the real effective exchange rate changes have an asymmetric... Read More
Determinants of Adoption of Online Commercial Activities by Moroccan Firms
E-commerce is a global trend that is having an impact on consumers and businesses. While... Read More
Digitalization and Disruptive Technologies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Regions
This paper aims at investigating the role of digitalization and the so-called disruptive technologies (DTs)... Read More