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Thinking Politically About Money: The Changing Role of Political Finance in The Political (Un-)Settlements in Ethiopia and Sudan
This paper examines the relationship between ‘political finance’ and ‘political settlements’ in Sudan and Ethiopia.... Read More
Resource Allocation in Power-Sharing Arrangements: Evidence from Lebanon
Power-sharing arrangements not only allocate political power but also economic resources from valuable state functions... Read More
The COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on the Saudi Arabia Tourism Sector: An Accountancy Approach
The outbreak of COVID-19, labeled as a black swan event, causes significant damage globally due... Read More
Investigating the Effects of Environmental and Energy Policies in Turkey Using an Energy Disaggregated CGE Model
This article investigates environmental and energy policies that Turkey needs to adopt on its way... Read More
Decentralization, Transparency of Public Procurement, and Corruption in MENA Countries
Abstract This paper aims to study the effect of decentralization on corruption in the MENA... Read More
On Decomposing the Changes in Wage Inequality in Palestine Over Time
This paper examines the changes in wage inequality over the period 2009-16 in Palestine's labor... Read More
The Role of the Financial Sector and Governance in Promoting Formal Entrepreneurship in the MENA Region
Formal entrepreneurship is a worldwide phenomenon that has not received enough attention from scholars in... Read More
Switching Monetary-Fiscal Regimes in Egypt: Is the Fiscal Stimulus Necessarily Good in Bad Times?
This paper investigates the monetary-fiscal interaction in Egypt for the period 2001Q1 to 2020Q2, a... Read More
Women, Gender, and the Iraqi Uprising: Inequality, Space, and Feminist Prospects (In Arabic)
This study attempts to explore the meaning, content and importance of women's participation in the... Read More