About the forum
The forum – is a new policy portal launched by the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in October 2017 to promote quality debates and ideas in the region which are evidence and research based. a It aims to become “the platform” for rich and relevant debates in the region on economic, social and political development issues. It provides a carefully edited platform that offers a ‘space’ in the debate, somewhere between what newspapers are prepared to publish and what scientific journals can provide. It includes summaries of research papers as well as research-based commentaries on issues relevant for the ERF region, at the national, regional and international level. As an outlet for researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners, it allows the airing of policy insights, views and arguments based either on an existing body of original research or to comment on unfolding events. It is open to contributors from the region and from outside, and publishes columns of up to 1,000 words in both English and Arabic.
Editorial Board
- Hala Abou-Ali
- Ragui Assaad
- Ishac Diwan
- Abda El-Mahdi
- Ibrahim Elbadawi
- Jamal Haidar
- Samir Makdisi
- Kamiar Mohaddes
- Sherine Ghoneim (ex-officio)
Co-managing editors
Founding contributors
- Khalid Abu-Ismail
- Amirah Al Haddad
- Rania Al-Mashat
- Lisa Anderson
- Rabah Arezki
- Erik Berglof
- Francois Bourguignon
- Melani Cammett
- Resul Cesur
- Jad Chaaban
- Mouna Cherkaoui
- Ralph de Haas
- Jaime De Melo
- Shanta Devarajan
- Nelly El Mallakh
- Najat El Mekkaoui-de-Freitas
- Hasan Ersel
- Richard Freeman
- Caroline Freund
- Ahmed Galal
- Wafik Grais
- Sergei Guriev
- Hassan Hakimian
- Najib Harabi
- Bernard Hoekman
- Magda Kandil
- Caroline Krafft
- Justin Y. Lin
- Samir Makdisi
- Paul Makdissi
- Adeel Malik
- Mohamed Ali Marouani
- Tarik Masoud
- Kamiar Mohaddes
- Hamid Mohtadi
- Hanan Morsy
- Simon Neaime
- Jeffrey Nugent
- Roger Owen
- Jennifer Peck
- Jean-Philippe Platteau
- James Robinson
- Raed Safadi
- Mohamed Saleh
- Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
- André Sapir
- Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
- Khalid Sekkat
- Raimundo Soto
- Subidey Togan
- Insan Tunali
- Jackline Wahba
- Tarik Yousef
The forum communications team
Submissions
Most of the forum columns are commissioned directly by the co-managing editors, but the forum posts a few unsolicited columns. Leading economists who are interested in writing a “research-based policy analysis and commentary” are encouraged to communicate directly with the co-managing editors. For more details on submission, please click here
Quality
The forum provides access to “research based policy analysis and commentary” from a very broad range of experts and research. Our editors include articles they think are relevant, timely and valuable to advance the region’s economic and development agenda but that should not be seen as either an endorsement of the quality of the research, expertise or policy options. The views expressed in the articles are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the forum, ERF, our partners or funders.
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