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: December...

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat... Read More

Date

December, 2025

No.

Vol. 17, No. 2

Policy Briefs

On the Practice of Sustainable Growth in Egypt

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat... Read More

Date

March, 2026

No.

PB 156

Topic

O2. Development Planning and Policy

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Financialization and Income Inequality

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat... 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...

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat... 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...

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat... 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

Full List of ERF Publications

Working Papers
Market Integration in the Ottoman Balkans and the Middle East from the Sixteenth Century Until World War I

Using a large body of mostly archival price data, this study examines wheat market integration... Read More

Working Papers
The Effect of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Protests on Life Satisfaction in Iran: Evidence from Survey Data

The "Woman, Life, Freedom" (WLF) protests in Iran, ignited by Mahsa Amini’s death in 2022,... Read More

Working Papers
Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth

This paper examines how financial inclusion, among other factors, shapes the transition to inclusive and... Read More

Working Papers
Harnessing Administrative Data for Impact: The Case of Jordan’s Unified Cash Transfer Programme

Over the past decade and a half, Jordan has been facing structural challenges like rising... Read More

Working Papers
Opening Up, Falling Behind: A Quasi-Natural Experiment for Informal Wages in Egypt

The informal sector is perceived as a buffer in crisis times in developing countries. Yet,... Read More

Working Papers
Examining the Gender Pay Gap among Youth: Insights from Egypt, Jordan and Palestine

This paper examines the gender pay gap among young people aged 15-29 in Egypt, Jordan,... Read More

Working Papers
Do Savers Learn from Experience? Evidence from Pension Contributions

We examine whether households’ voluntary retirement saving decisions are influenced by reinforcement learning (RL), a... Read More

Working Papers
Water Scarcity and Improved Water Use Efficiency in Tunisia: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Under global warming conditions, projections from the Tunisian National Institute of Meteorology indicate that Tunisia... Read More

Working Papers
A Dynamic Spatiotemporal Analysis of Growth Convergence, Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the MENA Region

This study investigates economic growth convergence within the MENA region using a spatial econometric approach.... Read More

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