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

ERF Journal

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

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

Vol. 17, No. 1

Policy Briefs

Winners and Losers of Price Inflation in Tunisia

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

PB155

Topic

E. Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

Working Papers

Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi...

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension... 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...

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension... 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...

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1781

Topic

E4. Money and Interest Rates

Q4. Energy

Full List of ERF Publications

Conference Paper
The Impacts of Matching Contributions on Retirement Savings: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment

Using a large administrative dataset containing information for over 39 million private pension contracts and... Read More

Conference Paper
Explaining the Financial Inclusion and Digital Financial Access Gap in the Aftermath of COVID-19: A Case Study of Palestine

This research proposes to investigate what factors contribute to the gender gap in financial inclusion,... Read More

Conference Paper
Did the US Federal Reserve Policy Harm the Stability of GCC Banks?

This study analyzed the performance and risk management practices of the top banks in the... Read More

Conference Paper
Sovereign Risk Mispricing and Investor Herding: MENA Debt Markets

In response to the scarce evidence regarding herd behavior in emerging and frontier debt markets,... Read More

Conference Paper
Long Shadows of the Walking Dead on Economic Activity

This paper presents the panorama of zombie firms in the Turkish economy, which are highly... Read More

Conference Paper
Economic and Distributional Effects of Dams: Evidence from Iran

We examine the economic and distributional effects of dams in rural areas. We introduce a... Read More

Conference Paper
Beyond the Norms: Innovation, Productivity, and Gender in Egyptian Firms

This study examines the relationships between gender and R&D, innovation, and productivity within Egyptian firms,... Read More

Conference Paper
Stages of Diversification Redux

The existing literature on development and economic diversification finds an inverted-U function between these two... Read More

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