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

The Effect of International Sanctions on the Size...

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two... 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...

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two... Read More

Date

July, 2025

No.

1781

Topic

E4. Money and Interest Rates

Q4. Energy

Working Papers

Bridging Education and Fertility: Unraveling the Role of...

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1780

Topic

I14 Health and Inequality

J1. Demographic Economics

Working Papers

Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical...

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1779

Topic

E3. Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles

E5. Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E6. Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook

Working Papers

The Missing Link: When GVC Does Not Matter...

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two... Read More

Date

June, 2025

No.

1778

Topic

L1. Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance

F1. Trade

O1. Economic Development

Full List of ERF Publications

Conference Paper
The Double Whammy on the Kuwaiti Economy, Macroeconomic Effects of the Coronavirus and Oil Price Shocks

During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two major concurrent... Read More

Working Papers
Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Mitigate the Impact of Armed Conflict on Child Nutrition in Yemen?

The “ignored” civil war in Yemen has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent... Read More

Working Papers
Human Capital Index (HCI) – From Uncertainty to Robustness of Comparisons

In 2019, the World Bank adopted an index developed by Kraay (2018), the Human Capital... Read More

Working Papers
Immigration and Inter-Regional Job Mobility: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey

We analyze the relationship between large-scale refugee inflows and the inter-regional job mobility of natives.... Read More

Working Papers
Armed Conflict and Household Source of Water

Using pairing of household level and armed conflict data with a generalized difference-indifferences approach, we... Read More

Working Papers
Measuring the Economic Cost of Conflict in Afflicted Arab Countries

The goal of this paper is to estimate the economic cost of conflict in selected... Read More

Working Papers
Geographical Exposure to Conflicts and Firm Performance: Evidence from The MENA Region

This paper assesses the impact of insecurity generated by conflicts on firm performance in the... Read More

Working Papers
The Impact of Cash Transfers on Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon

This paper was commissioned and funded by the Economic Research Forum. The paper builds on... Read More

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