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

Policy Briefs

Reversing the Trend: Policy Levers for Jordan’s Labor...

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

PB 158

Topic

J1. Demographic Economics

Policy Briefs

Job Quality Has Improved for Jordanians Since 2016,...

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

159

Working Papers

The Evolution of the Structure of Employment and...

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1827

Topic

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

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

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

Working Papers

Household Appliances, Infrastructural Services and Married Women’s Unpaid...

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1826

Topic

D1. Household Behavior and Family Economics

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Making Trade Policy Innovation Friendly: What Role of...

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

1825

Topic

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

F1. Trade

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Using Risk Disclosures of Lage GCC Bank to Evaluate Information Content

This paper evaluates the risk disclosure made by GCC banks based on the belief that... Read More

Working Papers
An Investigation of the Month-Of-The-Year Effect for the Sudanese Stock Market

This paper investigates the month-of-the-year effect for the Sudanese stock market by using daily closing... Read More

Working Papers
Institutional Quality Effect on Remittances in the MENA Region

International worker’s remittances have increased over the years to become a main source of income... Read More

Working Papers
Bank’s Capital Buffers and Business Cycle: Evidence from GCC Countries, 2004-2011

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between the capital buffers maintained by banks and the... Read More

Working Papers
Individual and Households Determinants of Women Empowerment: Application to the Case of Egypt

This research deals with women’s empowerment as an outcome of interest by defining the different... Read More

Working Papers
Is there Feminization of Poverty in Egypt?

This paper uses five cross sections of newly released Household Income, Expenditure and Consumption Survey... Read More

Working Papers
Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis

This paper investigates the global macroeconomic consequences of country-specific oil-supply shocks. Our contribution is both... Read More

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