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

The Impact of Soft Power on Inward Foreign...

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1794

Topic

Q4. Energy

H5. National Government Expenditures and Related Policies

E2. Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy

F2. International Factor Movements and International Business

Working Papers

Does High Liquidity Creation Reduce the Efficiency of...

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing... Read More

Date

September, 2025

No.

1793

Topic

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

G2. Financial Institutions and Services

Working Papers

The Interplay Between Fertility and Female Labor Market...

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1792

Topic

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

The Impact of Price, Legality, and Flavor Availability...

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1791

Topic

K3. Other Substantive Areas of Law

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

Working Papers

Harassment and Female Labor Force Participation: Micro-Level Evidence...

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing... Read More

Date

August, 2025

No.

1790

Topic

R4. Transportation Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
National Oil Companies in the Middle East and North Africa: Remaining Relevant in a Changing World

This paper applies a practitioner’s analytical perspective to assessing the contractual arrangements governing oil and... Read More

Working Papers
Investment Climate and Firms’ Exports in Egypt: When Politics Matter

The objective of this paper is to explore the nexus between exports performance and components... Read More

Policy Briefs
Mechanization to Drive A Process for Fertilizer Subsidy Reform in Egypt

In a nutshell Current modalities for the distribution of subsidized fertilizer, together with national campaigns... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Subsidizing Inequality: Policy and Higher Education in the Middle East and North Africa

This policy perspective demonstrates that attainment of higher education is notably unequal in Egypt and... Read More

Working Papers
Is There an Arab Variety of Capitalism?

This paper argues that capitalism in Arab low- to mid-income countries is organized in a... Read More

Working Papers
Correlates of Kin Marriage in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia

Although kin marriage is widely practiced in the MENA, the rationales that are thought to... Read More

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