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Revisiting Economic Diversification: A Cross-country Analysis
The existing literature on development and economic diversification finds an inverted-U function between these two... Read More
Does The Trillion-Dollar Cost of Sanctions Matter for Iranian Economic Development?
This paper estimates the economic cost of sanctions on Iran (both aggregate and per capita)... Read More
The Incidence and Wage Penalty of Overqualification: The Case of Egypt
The phenomenon of overqualification is becoming increasingly common across many countries. This research study examines... Read More
The Prospects of The Green Transition in The Arab Region: State-Society Actors, Power Relations, Interests and Coordination
This paper investigates how the comparative power of various state and society actors and their... Read More
Does The Environment Matter? Climate Change, Transboundary Effects, Economic Growth and Conflicts
The relationship between climate change and violent conflict has been the focus of rigorous scholarly... Read More
When Active Labor Market Policies Increase Unemployment: An Assessment of The Impact of The Employment Agencies Program in Algeria
This paper examines the impact on labor force behavior of the employment agencies program adopted... Read More
Female Headship and Poverty in The Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on A New Typology
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab... Read More
Structural Domestic Conditions, Regional and International Financial Integrations: Evidence from MENA
This paper investigates the effects of international (IFI) and regional financial integrations (RFI) on structural... Read More
A Geospatial Analysis of Food Insecurity Among Refugee Households in Lebanon Using Machine Learning Techniques
This study integrates geospatial analysis with machine learning to understand the interplay and spatial dependencies... Read More