ERF Journal

MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: June 2020

No.

Vol. 12, Issue 1

Publisher

ERF and Taylor and Francis

Date

June, 2020

Topic

O1. Economic Development

Sovereign wealth funds and cross-border investment bias: the case of Arab countries

Ibrahim Elbadawi, Raimundo Soto & Chahir Zaki

Assets managed by sovereign wealth funds (SWF) have grown nine-fold since 2002, reaching USD 8 trillion in 2018. Around 80% of these investments correspond to cross-border investments. Pages: 1-23

  Equivalence scales and the change in poverty levels across time: Turkish case

Burcay Erus

Equivalence scales are used to adjust household income for household size and composition differences. Pages: 24-34

  Causal relationship between current account and financial account: the case of Tunisia

Hager Farhoud & Lotfi Taleb

The Tunisian economy during the last thirty years suffered from a chronic current account deficit. Pages: 35-56

  Does foreign direct investment affect growth in MENA countries? A semi-parametric fixed-effects approach

Riadh Ben Jelili

It is often asserted with confidence that foreign direct investment (FDI) is beneficial for economic growth, especially in the host developing economy. Pages: 57-72

  Rising inequality and de-democratization

Hany Abdel-Latif & Mahmoud El-Gamal

The literature on economic determinants of democratization has identified most importantly the positive effect of economic development and the negative effect of income inequality.  Pages: 73-83

  Exporting and firm productivity: evidence for Egypt and Morocco

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso

This paper investigates the link between exporting and importing activities and firm performance using a rich dataset on Egyptian and Moroccan firms.  Pages: 84-100

  Trade liberalisation, governance, and the balance of payments: evidence from the Arab Maghreb Union

Abduraawf Hadili, Roman Raab & Jan Wenzelburger

This paper explores the impact of trade liberalisation on the economies of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) as they attempt to reform their economies by liberalising trade with other nations in order to promote growth and increase welfare.  Pages: 101-130

 

Invited Papers from 25th Annual ERF Conference

The future of jobs is facing one, maybe two, of the biggest price distortions ever

Lant Pritchett

Discussions of the future of jobs are concerned that technological change will displace labor and particularly jobs.  Pages: 131-156

  On ideas and economic policy: a survey of MENA economists

Rana Hendy & Mahmoud Mohieldin

This paper examines how economic ideas have been shaped throughout history and the influence of these on the formulation of economic policy. Pages: 157-176