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

Financialization and Income Inequality

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1821

Topic

F6. Economic Impacts of Globalization

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Informality and Heterogeneity: Assessing Monetary Policy Transmission in...

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1820

Topic

E1. General Aggregative Models

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

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

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

Working Papers

Innovation Activities and Sustainable Firm Growth in Arab...

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1819

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

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

Working Papers

Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational...

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1818

Topic

N3. Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy

I1. Health

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance:...

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

1817

Topic

G1. General Financial Markets

Full List of ERF Publications

Policy Perspectives
The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment to Arab Countries

This policy perspective examines the issue of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to the Arab... Read More

Policy Perspectives
The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment in Arab Countries

Although the growth of per capita real income in the Arab world has markedly improved... Read More

Policy Perspectives
The Impact of Migration on Human Capital in MENA

This policy brief summarizes the main findings and policy implications of three studies headed by... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Migration, Trade in Services and Employment Interactions in Jordan

The multiple linkages between Jordan and its partners plead for an in-depth analysis of the... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Beware of the Echo: The Impending Return of Demographic Pressures in Egypt

For many years, Egypt experienced substantial demographic pressures on its education system and labor market.... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Iran’s Subsidy Reform from Promise to Disappointment

In December 2010, Iran implemented an ambitious subsidy reform program for energy and bread. Prices... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Why the Unemployment Rate is a Misleading Indicator of Labor Market Health in Egypt

Policy discussions about the health of the economy and the labor market in Egypt often... Read More

Policy Perspectives
Promoting Successful Transitions to Employment for Egyptian Youth

This Policy Perspective argues that active labor market policies, such as public employment schemes, wage... Read More

ERF Journal
Middle East Development Journal – Volume 7, Issue 2, 2015

Articles in this issue: Return migration and entrepreneurship in Morocco, Bachir Hamdouch & Jackline Wahba... Read More

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