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...

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

PB 158

Topic

J1. Demographic Economics

Policy Briefs

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

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability... Read More

Date

April, 2026

No.

159

Working Papers

The Evolution of the Structure of Employment and...

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability... 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...

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability... 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...

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability... 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
Did Investor Sentiment and Herding Behavior in the MENA Region Change During Covid-19?

With the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, financial markets have experienced instability and high... Read More

Working Papers
Survival Strategies Under Sanctions: Firm-Level Evidence from Iran

Given the importance of firm strategic management in time of crises, this study investigates Micro,... Read More

Working Papers
Feeling Blue Over the Economy, Will You Pull Down Your Face Mask? Economic and Psychological Well-Being and Preventive Health Behavior

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during COVID-19, bringing... Read More

Working Papers
Financialization, Growth, and the Resource Curse: Evidence from the MENA Region

This study investigates whether the impacts of natural resource endowments (NREs) on growth are invariant... Read More

Working Papers
First out, Last in Amid Covid-19: Employment Vulnerability of Youths in Arab Countries

This study estimates the impacts of the evolving COVID crisis on the trends in workers’... Read More

Working Papers
COVID-19…Who Will Wash the Dishes and Change the Diapers? Evidence from A Post COVID-19 Time Use Survey on Egypt

This paper contributes to the discussion on the restructure of workers’ time use -female workers... Read More

Working Papers
Challenges to Iraq’s Environment: Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Framework

This paper utilizes research on Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus to study the relationships between Iraq’s water... Read More

Working Papers
The Dynamics of Protest Movements in Iraq: An Institutional Approach

In this paper, we apply institutional approaches to understand the economic and social contexts of... Read More

Working Papers
Lebanon’s Multifaceted Economic Crisis of October 2019: Causes, Repercussions: A Diagnosis

The paper analyzes Lebanon’s extraordinary economic breakdown of October 17, 2019 when the Central Bank... Read More

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