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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
Price Synchronicity, Inter-Firm Networks, and Business Groups in the Middle East and North Africa
Business groups are an essential part of the political economy of almost all capitalist countries.... Read More
Productivity and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from Firms in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Countries
Resource reallocation from low to high productivity firms can generate large aggregate productivity gains with... Read More
Public Versus Private Sector Wage Gap in Egypt: Evidence from Quantile Regression on Panel Data
This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their... Read More