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Connecting People and Ideas... Through its impartial, independent and timely analysis of economic problems on the one hand and a well-established publications process on the other, ERF seeks maximize impact of development research and to inform policy debate and policy discussions. Our portfolio includes a Series of Working Papers and Series of Policy Reports, Policy Briefs and Policy Perspectives.
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Informal Labor and the Expansion of Social Security Programs: Evidence from Jordan and Tunisia
Social insurance could reduce incentives to search for jobs when there are generous unemployment benefits... Read More
Are Islamic Banks More Efficient Than Conventional Banks? The Meta-regression Verdict
This paper aims to conduct a comparison of the efficiency of Islamic banks versus conventional... Read More
Islamic Finance and Anchoring Heuristic Bias: An Analysis to Gulf Islamic Stock Markets
The aim of this work is to study the anchoring heuristic. The Extraneous factors plays’... Read More
How Do Women Choose their Bank Type in a Multicultural Context?
Islamic banking is an integral part of the global financial system and has the potential... Read More
CO2 Emissions, Environmental Provisions and Global Value Chains: The Middle East and North Africa in a Global Context
The paper investigates the relationship between carbon emissions, environmental provisions in Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs)... Read More
Exploring the Relationship between Electricity Consumption and Drivers of Climate Change: A Functional Data Analysis Approach
This paper aims at (1) assessing the variations in the trends of CO2 emissions and... Read More
Redistributing Water Rights between the West Bank and Israel – More Than a Zero-sum Game?
This paper analyses the effects of increasing Palestinian access to shared groundwater aquifers with Israel.... Read More
Shooting Down Trade: The Impact of Russian Sanctions on Turkish Exports and Exporters
On 24 November 2015, Turkish military shot down a Russian fighter jet near the Syrian-Turkey... Read More
The Sustainability of GCC Development under the New Global Oil Order
This paper reviews the development experiences of the six GCC countries, which managed to avoid the... Read More