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

Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi...

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1783

Topic

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

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

Working Papers

The Effect of International Sanctions on the Size...

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1782

Topic

P3. Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

F1. Trade

Working Papers

Tracing the COVID-19 Footprint: A Sectoral Interrupted Time...

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1781

Topic

E4. Money and Interest Rates

Q4. Energy

Working Papers

Bridging Education and Fertility: Unraveling the Role of...

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1780

Topic

I14 Health and Inequality

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical...

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1779

Topic

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E6. Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
The Impact of the Fracking Boom on Arab Oil Producers

This paper makes four contributions.  First, it investigates the extent to which the U.S. fracking... Read More

Working Papers
The Regional Impact of Trade Liberalization on Households in Egypt, 1999-2012

This paper assesses the impact of trade liberalization in Egypt by comparing regions more exposed... Read More

Working Papers
The Economic Response of Rural Areas to Local Supply Shock: Evidence From Palestine

This paper examines the economic effect of return commuting from the Israeli labor market on... Read More

Working Papers
Revisiting the Impact of Trade Openness on Informal and Irregular Employment in Egypt

This paper examines the impact of trade openness on job quality through the evolution of... Read More

ERF Journal
Middle East Development Journal – Volume 9, Issue 1, 2017

Articles in this issue: Out-of-pocket health spending and equity implications in Tunisia, Ines Ayadi &... Read More

Working Papers
Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?

This paper studies the impact of commodity terms of trade (CToT) volatility on economic growth... Read More

Policy Briefs
Egypt Must Strengthen Budget Institutions to Curb Mounting Budget Deficit

In a nutshell • Since the January 2011 popular revolution, the budget deficit in Egypt... Read More

Working Papers
Incentive-Based Regulations and Bank Restructuring in Egypt

The Egyptian authorities undertook major banking reforms in the 1990s to create a more efficient... Read More

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