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Digitalization in MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Internet Uptake and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA Countries
This paper focuses on uptake and use of mobile internet-enabled smartphones as a key access... Read More
Would Closing the Gender Digital Divide Close the Economic Gender Gap in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies?
COVID-19 crisis accelerated the use of information technology-based solutions, as e-learning and remote work became... Read More
Structural Transformation in MENA and SSA: The Role of Digitalization
The paper focuses on two challenges of digitalization for structural transformation in MENA and SSA,... Read More
Drivers of Income Inequality during COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan
The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis that has added additional challenges and burdens on... Read More
The Threshold Impact of Remittances on Financial Development: New Evidence from Egypt
This study examines the nonlinear impact of remittances on financial development (FD) in Egypt over... Read More
Spatial Wage Curves for Formal and Informal Workers in Turkey
This paper estimates spatial wage curves for formal and informal workers in Turkey using individual... Read More
A Double-Edged Sword: Impact of Covid-19 on Environment
In this paper, we study the causal effect of COVID-19 related reduction in mobility and... Read More
Fiscal Policy Response to Public Debt: Evidence for the MENA Region
This paper deals with fiscal sustainability by estimating fiscal reaction functions (FRF) for a panel... Read More
Impact of Tax Reforms in Applied Models: Which Functional Forms Should Be Chosen for the Demand System? Theory and Application for Morocco
When researchers and policymakers conduct impact analyses of economic reforms, especially fiscal reforms, the specification... Read More