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Civil War Onset, Natural Resource Rents and Social Cohesion
This paper examines the nexus between civil war onset, natural resource rents, and social cohesion.... Read More
Patterns of Regional Income Inequality in Egypt: Implications for Sustainable Development Goal 10
Income distribution is seen as instrumental to human development and to a number of development... Read More
Does Health Reform Reduce Inequalities? Primary Healthcare of Young Children in Turkey
Health service utilization in early childhood is crucial. It is often observed that children from... Read More
Prospects for Egypt’s Population and Labor Force: 2000 to 2050
I argue in this paper that although recent developments had temporarily reduced demographic pressures on... Read More
De-Routinization of Jobs and Polarization of Earnings: Evidence from 35 Countries
The job polarization hypothesis suggests a U-shaped pattern of employment growth along the earnings/skill distribution,... Read More
Power-Sharing and Peace-Building
This paper reviews key questions and empirical evidence on the relationship between power-sharing institutions and... Read More
Economic Agenda for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
This paper focuses on the design and implementation of economic reforms, which are an integral... Read More
Education Gap and Youth: A Growing Challenge in The MENA Region
Education inequality has always been a concern for policy makers due to its long-term and... Read More
Bottom Incomes and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality
Incomes in surveys suffer from various measurement problems, most notably in the tails of their... Read More