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Membership in Two Customs Unions
Abstract Under certain membership property rights obeying the 'liberal ethic' and 'approved entry' axioms, we... Read More
Equity in Educational Expenditures in The Middle East & North Africa
Abstract Educational policies affect access to schooling, and consequently, determine jobs and income, both of... Read More
Comparative Study of Central, East European, Baltic & Turkish Economies With a View to Future Membership in the EU
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to comparatively study the Central European Economies (CEE),... Read More
Public Sector Employment & Labor Markets in Arab Countries: Recent Developments & Policy Implications
Abstract This paper surveys recent trends in public sector labor practices in a group of... Read More
Developments in Money Supply Issues and Policies in Developing Countries, With Reference to Stabilization and Structural Adjustment Policies: Survey of Theoretical and Empirical Literature
Abstract The choice of the instrument variables to achieve the specified objectives of stabilization and... Read More
Unemployment in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and the Required Employment Policies
Abstract The paper tackles the plight of unemployment facing the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) as... Read More
Impact of Bureaucratic Inefficiency and Corruption on the Performance of Trade Liberalization Policies in Iran
Abstract Iran started a series of trade and exchange rate reforms in 1988. Before these... Read More
Beyond Informality: The Importance of Macro- and Local-Level Environments in the Development of Small Firms in Egypt
Abstract In recent years, international development agencies have asserted that the 'informal sector' can play... Read More
Growth and Convergence in a Multi-Country Empirical Stochastic Solow Model
Abstract The paper considers international per capita output and its growth using a panel of... Read More