COVID-19 pandemic and the Middle East and Central Asia
The number of confirmed COVID-19 pandemic in the Middle East and Central Asia began rising sharply in late February. At ...
Elections and economic cycles: evidence from Turkey’s recent experiences
It has long been understood that incumbent politicians are likely to have incentives to manipulate fiscal policy around election times ...
Countermeasures for the COVID-19 outbreak in Egypt
The COVID-19 outbreak interrupts a remarkable but short-lived improvement in Egypt’s economic performance following the implementation of recent reforms supported ...
Lebanon’s economic crisis: how to avoid a ‘lost decade’
An independent group of development specialists, economists and finance experts met in Beirut in late December to discuss Lebanon’s economic ...
Oil price wars in a time of COVID-19
A combination of supply and demand shocks has sent oil prices plunging and financial markets tumbling. This column argues that ...
Tackling tax evasion: how an obscure statistical law can help
Benford’s law – which suggests that the leading digits in various types of numerical data are not uniformly distributed – ...
The coronavirus: potential effects on the Middle East and North Africa
The novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in late 2019, has the potential to disrupt the economies of the ...
The Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for policy in MENA
ERF’s annual conference has become the premier regional event for economists of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This ...