Publications

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.

Latest ERF Publications

Working Papers

Do Savers Learn from Experience? Evidence from Pension...

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting... Read More

Date

October, 2025

No.

1799

Topic

D8. Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

D7. Analysis of Collective Decision-Making

G. Financial Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Water Scarcity and Improved Water Use Efficiency in...

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting... Read More

Date

October, 2025

No.

1798

Working Papers

A Dynamic Spatiotemporal Analysis of Growth Convergence, Natural...

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting... Read More

Date

October, 2025

No.

1797

Topic

C3. Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models

D6. Welfare Economics

O4. Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

Q5. Environmental Economics

Working Papers

The Role of Artificial Intelligence Within the Algerian...

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting... Read More

Date

October, 2025

No.

1796

Topic

O3. Technological Change, Research and Development, Intellectual Property Rights

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children’s...

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1795

Topic

I. Health, Education, and Welfare

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Sources of Heterogeneity in Labor Productivity and Total Factor Productivity in Egyptian Manufacturing

Egypt Ranking in the World Competitiveness Report deteriorated between 2004 and 2017. Boosting competitiveness requires... Read More

Working Papers
Youth Vulnerability in Egypt and Jordan: Dimensions and Determinants

Youth unemployment in the MENA region is the highest in the world, at over 40%... Read More

Working Papers
Are the Credit Rating Agencies Biased Against MENA Countries?

We investigate the claims on regional biases in the sovereign credit ratings assigned by Fitch... Read More

Working Papers
The Political Economy of Business Elites in Tunisia: Actors, Strategies and Identities

When the Tunisian government seized the assets of the Ben Ali clan in 2011, prosperous... Read More

Working Papers
Impact of Informal Job-search on Wages for University Graduates in Egypt and Jordan

This research examines the impact of informal job search on wage for university graduates on... Read More

Working Papers
State Business Relations and the Dynamics of Job Flows in Egypt and Turkey

This study is motivated by the ongoing interest of policy makers in the possible sources... Read More

Working Papers
Global Value Chains and Business Environment: Which Factors Do Really Matter?

This study attempts to assess the effect of business environment on the possibility of a... Read More

Working Papers
Productivity, Structural Change and Skills Dynamics in Tunisia and Turkey

This article explores the contribution of the structural change and the skill upgrading of the... Read More

Working Papers
A Multi-Dimensional Measure of Well-being among Youth: The Case of Palestinian Refugee Youth in Lebanon

This paper develops a youth well-being index, which allows for the first time to expand... Read More

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