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2022: Resource Allocation in Power-Sharing Arrangements: Evidence from Lebanon

Mounir Mahmalat, Sami Atallah and Wassim Maktabi

2022: The covid-19 pandemic impact on the saudi arabia tourism sector: an accountancy approach

Seraj Bahrawi, Mohammed Abulkhair and Sami Mensi

2022: Investigating the Effects of Environmental and Energy Policies in Turkey Using an Energy Disaggregated CGE Model

Ali Bayar and Dizem Varoglu

2022: Decentralization, Transparency of Public Procurement, and Corruption in MENA Countries

Najah Souissi-Kachouri and Meriem Guizani-Jelassi

2022: On decomposing the changes in wage inequality in palestine over time

Hatem Jemmali, Rabeh Morrar and Fernando Rios-Avila

2022: The role of the financial sector and governance in promoting formal entrepreneurship in the mena region

Rania Moaaz

2022: Switching Monetary-Fiscal Regimes in Egypt: Is the Fiscal Stimulus Necessarily Good in Bad Times?

Dina Kassab

2022: Women, Gender, and the Iraqi Uprising: Inequality, Space, and Feminist Prospects (In Arabic)

Asma Rashid and Zahraa Ali

2022: Firm-Level Impact of Public Credit Guarantees

Ufuk Akcigit, Ünal Seven, Ibrahim Yarba and Fatih Yilmaz

2022: La Crise Climatique, La Sensibilité Macroéconomique et La Réponse des Envois de Fonds dans l’Afrique du Nord:Une Modélisation VAR en Panel

Hajer Habib

2022: The Economic Legacy of the French Mandate in Lebanon

Joelle Abi-Rached and Ishac Diwan

2022: Does Climate Change Affect Child Malnutrition in the Nile Basin?

Amira Elayouty, Hala Abou-Ali and Ronia Hawash

2022: Export Diversification in MENA Countries and Spatial Spillovers

Marouane Alaya

2022: Gender and Corruption in MENA Countries: New Evidence from the ARDL Approach

Lamia Mazigh, Islem Khefacha and Belgacem Smiri

2022: Egypt’s National Road Project: Assessing the Economic Impacts of the Upgraded Transportation Network

Dina Elshahawany, Eduardo Haddad and Michael Lahr

2022: Government Spending and Regional Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Egypt

Dina Elshahawany and Ramy Elazhary

2022: Do human capital and governance thresholds matter for the environmental impact of fdi? The evidence from mena countries

Fatma Taşdemir and Seda Özçelik

2022: Impact of Social Protection Programs on Multidimensional Poverty: New Targeting Approaches and Application to Morocco

Touhami Abdelkhalek and Dorothee Boccanfuso

2022: The Effect of Corruption on Internal Conflict in Iran Using Newspaper Coverage

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Reza Zamani

2022: Financial Connectedness and Risk Transmission Among MENA Countries: Evidence from Connectedness Network and Clustering Analysis

Mehmet Balcilar and Shawkat Hammoudeh

2022: Fostering the Social and Solidarity Economy and Formalizing Informality in MENA Countries

Philippe Adair, Vladimir Hlasny, Mariem Omrani and Kareem Rosshandler

2022: What Determines Housing Prices in Egypt?

Sarah El-Khishin and Mohamed Rashwan

2022: Funding Female Entrepreneurs in MENA Countries (2019): Self-Selection and Discrimination

Imène Berguiga and Philippe Adair

2022: Challenges and Resilience Strategies of Urban Refugee Entrepreneurs

Ayşegül Kayaoğlu, Zeynep Mencutek and Ching Chang

2022: The Political Economy of Post-Conflict Reform in Arab Societies

Adeel Malik

2022: Iraqi Youth: Visions and Aspirations - An Analytical Study (In Arabic)

Ali Al-Hamoud and Ahmed Moften

2022: Drivers of Inequality in Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan

Reham Rizk

2022: Rebuilding the State Fiscal Federalism in Sudan

Nada Eissa and Hamid Ali

2022: Sudan’s Youth Bulge: Challenges, Opportunities, and Aspirations

Mosab Ahmed, Diya Albatal and Omran Musa

2022: Public Banks and Development in Egypt: Overview, Issues and the Way Forward

Jasmin Fouad, Moheb Said, Wesam Sherif and Chahir Zaki

2022: Investigating the Effects of COVID-19 on the Jordanian Economy:A Macro-Micro Analysis

Nada Hazem, Marina Hicham, Racha Ramadan, Moheb Said and Chahir Zaki

2022: Embarking on a Path of Renewal MENA Commission on Stabilization and Growth

Erf and Fdl

2022: Social Safety Nets in Tunisia: Comparison of Different Targeting Methods

Khaled Nasri, Mohamed Amara and Imane Helmy

2022: The Pitfalls of the Education System in Sudan: The Challenges of Transition, Transformation, Inclusivity, and Future of Work

Saif Abd El Rhman

2022: The Landscape of Social Protection in Tunisia

Khaled Nasri, Mohamed Amara Amara and Imane Helmi

2022: The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Social Protection Reforms: A Comparative Study of Jordan and Tunisia

Courtney Geary, Asma Ben Hassen, Arbia Saleh and Ahmad Awad

2022: From Protection to Transformation: Understanding the Landscape of Formal Social Protection in Jordan

Mary Kawar, Zina Nimeh and Tamara Kool

2022: On GVC and Innovation: What Is at Stake?

Yasmine Eissa and Chahir Zaki

2022: The Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Murat Demirci and Murat Kırdar

2022: October’s 2019 Protests in Iraq As Perceived by the Protestors: A Field Study in the Phenomenology of Protest Confronting the Violence of Political Power (In Arabic)

Faris Nadhmi and Mazen Hatem

2022: Firm Dynamics in Times of COVID: Evidence from Egyptian Firms

Amirah El-Haddad and Chahir Zaki

2022: Too Much to Ask Determinants of Sustained Adherence to Covid-19 Preventive Measures among Older Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

Nisreen Salti, Stephen DPhil, Noura El Salibi, Marwan Alawieh, Zeinab Ramadan, Hala Ghattas, Sawsan Abdulrahim and Berthe Zeid

2022: Developing Countries’ Policy Responses to Large Private Capital Inflows: Control or Liberalize?

Shereen Attia and Ahmed Ragab

2022: Learning A Bayesian Structure to Model Entrepreneurial Intentions and Attitudes Toward Business Creation among Emirati Students

Linda Smail, Mouawiya Alawad, Wasseem Abaza, Firuz Kamalov and Hamdah Alawadhi

2022: The Jordanian Social Contract: Shifting from Public Employment As A Source of Social Insurance to Government-Regulated Social Insurance

Susan Razzaz and Irene Selwaness

2022: A New Social Contract for Post-Conflict Middle East and North Africa

Shantayanan Devarajan

2022: The Arab Uprisings and The Path to National Peace and Sustainable Development

Samir Makdisi, Raimundo Soto and Razan Amine

2022: Do Social Protection Programs Improve Health Related Outcomes of the Poor in Tunisia?

Mohamed Marouani, Phuong Le Minh and Nidhal Ben Cheikh

2022: Drought and Growth in Arab League Members, Iran and Turkey

Thibault Lemaire

2022: How Do Banks Propagate Economic Shocks?

Yusuf Emre Akgunduz, Seyit Cilasun, H. Ozlem Neef, Yavuz Hacihasanoglu and Ibrahim Yarba

2022: Social Security Coverage and Informal Workers in Tunisia

Najat El Mekkaoui, Yeganeh Forouheshfar, Asma Benhassen, Nidhal Ben Cheikh and Jacob Emont

2022: COVID19 and the Value of Non-Monetary Job Attributes to Women:Evidence from A Choice Experiment in Egypt

Rana Hendy and Shaimaa Shaimaa Yassin

2022: Gender and Sudan’s 2018/2019 Uprising: Experiences of Self-Employed Women Food and Beverage Sellers in Khartoum and Port Sudan and Women Farmers in South Kordofan

Nada Ali, Sawsan Jalil, Naglaa Abdulwahid, Mai Azzam and Asja Abdelmoniem

2022: Tunisia COVID-19 Country Case Study

Mohamed Marouani, Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, Sydney Kennedy, Ruby Cheung, Ahmed Dhia Latifi and Emilie Wojcieszynski

2022: Morocco COVID-19 Country Case Study

Mohamed Marouani, Caroline Krafft, Ava LaPlante, Ilhaan Omar, Ruby Cheung and Sarah Wahby

2022: Egypt COVID-19 Country Case Study

Mohamed Marouani, Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, Sydney Kennedy, Ruby Cheung and Sarah Wahby

2022: Is Covid-19 Increasing Inequalities in Jordan?

Reham Rizk, Racha Ramadan and Rana Hendy

2022: Post Covid-19 Firm-Level Government Support in Egypt: Uneven Allocation and Unequal Effects

Amirah El-Haddad and Chahir Zaki

2022: The Role of Global Value Chains in Outsourcing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Halit Yanıkkaya, Abdullah Altun and Pinar Tat

2022: The Effects of Major Earthquakes on the Labor Market: Evidence from Turkiye

Asli Dolu and Hüseyin Ikizler

2022: Did Investor Sentiment and Herding Behavior in the MENA Region Change During Covid-19?

Imed Medhioub and Mustapha Chaffai

2022: Survival Strategies Under Sanctions: Firm-Level Evidence from Iran

Iman Cheratian, Saleh Goltabar and Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

2022: Feeling Blue Over the Economy, Will You Pull Down Your Face Mask? Economic and Psychological Well-Being and Preventive Health Behavior

Amira El-Shal and Eman Moustafa

2022: Financialization, Growth, and the Resource Curse: Evidence from the MENA Region Erdal

Erdal Özmen and Fatma Taşdemir

2022: First out, Last in Amid Covid-19: Employment Vulnerability of Youths in Arab Countries

Vladimir Hlasny and Shireen AlAzzawi

2022: COVID-19...Who Will Wash the Dishes and Change the Diapers? Evidence from A Post COVID-19 Time Use Survey on Egypt

Rana Hendy and Shaimaa Yassin

2022: Challenges to Iraq’s Environment: Applying the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Framework

Bassam Yousif, Omar El-Joumayle and Jehan Baban

2022: The Dynamics of Protest Movements in Iraq: An Institutional Approach Bassam

Bassam Yousif and Omar El-Joumayle

2022: Lebanon’s Multifaceted Economic Crisis of October 2019: Causes, Repercussions- A Diagnosis

Samir Makdisi and Razan Amine

2022: Cash Transfers and Food Vouchers for Syrian Refugees in Jordan: Do They Reach the Multi-Dimensionally Poor?

Ragui Assaad, Alma Boustati and Vishal Jamkar

2022: Cash Transfers, Household Food Insecurity and the Subjective Wellbeing of Youth in Jordan

Zeina Jamaluddine and Maia Sieverding

2022: The Impact of Covid-19 on MENA Labor Markets: A Gendered Analysis from Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan

Hala ElBehairy, Rana Hendy and Shaimaa Yassin

2022: Interest Rate Uncertainty and Macroeconomics in Turkey

Pelin Öge Güney

2022: Minimum and Living Wages in Jordan and Tunisia

Caroline Krafft and Cyrine Hannafi

2022: Global Value Chain Participation, Institutional Quality and Current Account Imbalances in the MENA Region

Foued Gabsi and Rihab Bousnina

2022: Is There Any Impact of Public Spending on Bank Performance? Empirical Evidence From the Mena Region

Ahmed Kchikeche and Assil El Mahmah

2022: Sudan’s Challenges and Opportunities:A Renaissance Project for Sudan: From Poor Agriculture to Agro-Industrial Growth and Sustainable Development

Ibrahim Elbadawi, Abdelrazig Elbashir, Abdelrahman Osman, Amir Elobaid, Elfatih Eltahir and Alzaki Alhelo

2022: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women’s Care Work And Employment in the Middle East and North Africa

Caroline Krafft, Irene Selwaness and Maia Sieverding

2022: Job loss during COVID-19: Estimating the poverty and food security effects in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco

Adel Ben Youssef and Burim Prenaj

2022: Are labour markets in the Middle East and North Africa recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic?

Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, Mohamed Marouani, Ruby Cheung and Ava LaPlante

2022: Does COVID-19 Pandemic Spur Digital Business Transformation in The MENA Region? Evidence From Firm Level Data

Mohammed Ali and Ebaidalla Ebaidalla

2022: Impact of The Stringency and Volatility of Covid Containmen Measures on Firms’ Performances In The Mena Region

Nesma Ali, Lisa Chauvet and Mohamed Marouani

2022: Freedom, Peace, and Justice: A New Paradigm for the Sudanese Health System After Sudan’s 2019 Uprising

Sara Hassanain, Abdelhadi Eltahir and Lina Elbadawi

2022: Navigating Through A Pandemic Amid Inflation and Instability: An Assessment of the Socio-Economic Impact of Covid-19 on Migrants in Eastern Sudan

Joris Jourdain, Elizabeth Griesmer, Raffaele Bertini and Lorenza Rossi

2022: Impact of Covid-19 on Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Iraq

Diego Martin, Erin Neale, Raffaele Bertini, Julia Omomo and Olga Aymerich

2022: Stubborn Historical Legacies: Power Relations and Government Policy in Sudan

Nada Ali

2022: Addressing Sustainability and Equity Challenges in Managing the Environment and Natural Wealth in Sudan

Rashid Hassan, Hassan Abdelnur, Ismail Elgizouli and Yasir Khairy

2022: Digitalization in MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Mobile Internet Uptake and Use in Sub-Saharan Africa and MENA Countries

Izak Atiyas and Mark Dutz

2022: Would Closing the Gender Digital Divide Close the Economic Gender Gap in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies? An Empirical Assessment

Mahmoud Mohieldin and Racha Ramadan

2022: Structural Transformation in MENA and SSA: The Role of Digitalization

Jaime de Melo and Jean-Marc Solleder

2022: Drivers of Income Inequality during COVID-19 Pandemic in Jordan

Racha Ramadan

2022: The Threshold Impact of Remittances on Financial Development: New Evidence from Egypt

Mesbah Sharaf and Abdelhalem Shahen

2022: Spatial Wage Curves for Formal and Informal Workers in Turkey

Badi Baltagi and Yusuf Baskaya

2022: A Double-Edged Sword: Impact of Covid-19 on Environment

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel and Belgi Turan

2022: Fiscal Policy Response to Public Debt: Evidence for the MENA Region

Moez Ben Tahar, Sarra Ben Slimane and Raja AlMarzoqi

2022: Impact of Tax Reforms in Applied Models: Which Functional Forms Should Be Chosen for the Demand System? Theory and Application for Morocco

Touhami Abdelkhalek and Dorothee Boccanfuso

2022: Essays on Fiscal Sustainability in Algeria

Abderrahim Chibi, Sidi Chekouri, Mohamed Benbouziane and Hadjer Boulila

2022: Survival of The Fittest: A Natural Experiment from Crypto Exchanges

Ahmet Aysan, Asad Islam Khan, Humeyra Topuz and Ahmet Tunali

2022: Economic, Social and Institutional Determinants of Internal Conflict in Fragile States

Syed All-e-Raza Rizvi and Marie-Ange Véganzonès

2022: Towards A “New Normal” in Health Policies in The Arab Countries

Randa Alami

2022: Social Contacts, Wages, and Turnover: The Case of the Egyptian Labour Market

Omar Mohsen Hussein

2022: Covid-19 Shock: Pass-Through to Consumer Prices in Tunisia

Leila Baghdadi, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso and Amal Medini

2022: The 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic and Foreign Workers’ Income-Consumption Profiles: Accounts from Two Micro-Level Surveys

Ahmad Alawadhi, Mohammad Alali, Shaikha Al-Fulaij, Shaikha, Sulayman Al-Qudsi and Sulayman

2022: Unpacking the Effects of Covid-19 on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Turkey

Aysun Aygun, Selin Koksal and Gokce Uysal

2022: Covid-19, Vulnerability and Policy Response: A CGE Model of Egypt

City Eldeep and Chahir Zaki

2022: Impact of Covid-19 on Tunisian Imports

Amal Medini, Chaima Ben Abderrahmen and Leila Baghdadi

2022: Firm Closures and Performance in A Time of Pandemic

Amirah El-Haddad and Chahir Zaki