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

Childhood Vows, Career Costs: The Impacts of Early...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... Read More

Date

July, 2025

Topic

C2. Single Equation Models

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

Impact of the Chikungunya Epidemic on Household Out-of-Pocket...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1784

Topic

I1. Health

O1. Economic Development

ERF Journal

MEDJ – ERF Middle East Development Journal: June...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

Vol. 17, No. 1

Policy Briefs

Winners and Losers of Price Inflation in Tunisia

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

PB155

Topic

E. Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

Working Papers

Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi...

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap... 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

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Maghreb Rural-Urban Migration: The Movement to Morocco’s Towns

Using data from national-level households survey, this study seeks to fill a gap in the... Read More

Working Papers
The Role of Housing Markets in the Timing of Marriage in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia

The transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is increasingly characterized... Read More

Working Papers
Employment’s Role in Enabling and Constraining Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa

This paper makes use of a series of comparable surveys to investigate the role of... Read More

Working Papers
Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Egypt: Does Women’s Empowerment Lead to Greater Investments in Children?

This paper presents new empirical evidence from Egypt on the existence of intrahousehold allocation bias.... Read More

Working Papers
Economic Performance and Unemployment: Evidence from an Emerging Economy – Turkey

This article examines whether various macroeconomic policy shocks have different effects on the overall unemployment... Read More

Working Papers
De Facto Exchange Rate Policies in the MENA Region: Toward Deeper Cooperation

The adoption of exchange rate policy coordination and cooperation within a regional framework becomes a... Read More

Working Papers
General or Vocational? Evidence on School Choice, Returns, and “Sheep Skin” Effects from Egypt 1998

The debate on the relative benefits of upper secondary vocational education and of general education... Read More

Working Papers
Industrial Energy Policy: A Case Study of the Demand in Kuwait

The purpose of building the industrial energy demand model was to assess the impact of... Read More

Working Papers
Unemployment Rate in the United Arab Emirates: The Case of Abu Dhabi

Unemployment is a critical social and economic problem in both developed and developing countries. This... Read More

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