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

Digitalization and International Trade Configurations: Firm-Level Evidence from...

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during... Read More

Date

September, 2026

No.

1832

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

F1. Trade

O1. Economic Development

Working Papers

Evaluating A US Policy Rate Threshold Effect on...

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during... Read More

Date

September, 2026

No.

1831

Topic

E4. Money and Interest Rates

F4. Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance

O4. Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

F1. Trade

ERF Journal

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

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during... Read More

Date

June, 2026

No.

Vol. 18, No. 1

Policy Briefs

From Pressure to Prosperity: Can Jordan Translate Demographic...

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during... Read More

Date

June, 2026

No.

PB 165

Working Papers

The Impact of Early Childhood Care and Education...

This study investigates what predicts the uptake of preventive health behavior (PHB) during... Read More

Date

June, 2026

No.

1828

Topic

I2. Education and Research Institutions

J2. Demand and Supply of Labor

J1. Demographic Economics

Full List of ERF Publications

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

Working Papers
Cash Transfers, Household Food Insecurity and the Subjective Wellbeing of Youth in Jordan

Cash transfers have become an increasingly common feature of social protection systems in the Middle... Read More

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