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The Educational Attainment of Turkey’s Labor Force: A Comparison Across Provinces and Overtime
Abstract This paper presents regional and provincial data on the educational composition of Turkey's labor... Read More
Economic Liberalization, Competitiveness and Women’s Employment
Abstract This paper investigates the relation between female labor force participation rates and wage competitiveness... Read More
Reflections on East Asia from the Banks of the Nile
Abstract The paper draws some lessons for the Egyptian economy from recent crisis episodes in... Read More
Regional Options Within the Multilateral Trading System for the Countries and Territories of the Mashreq
Abstract Starting from the observation that intra-regional trade flows in the Mashreq are abnormally low,... Read More
Urban Rural Poverty Comparisons in Tunisia: A Robust Statistical Approach
Abstract Poverty analysis conducted in Tunisia so far depends heavily upon the choice of poverty... Read More
Globalization, Regionalization, and Recent Trade Agreements: Impact on Arab Economies Rapid Exogenous change – Slow Endogenous Response!
Abstract A review of recent studies that attempt to estimate the potential gain from the... Read More
The Differential Impact of Globalization on Labor in the MENA Region
Abstract This paper sets out to investigate some aspects of the differential impact of the... Read More
Globalization and Crisis in Textile Industry in Tunisia
Abstract In this paper, the author investigates the reasons for the rapid growth of Foreign... Read More
Development and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Egypt
Abstract Using consumption/expenditure based poverty lines, the 1995/6 estimated poverty measures indicate an overall headcount... Read More