Technical and vocational education in Egypt: the missing link
Recent notable developments in Egypt’s educational system include an agreement between the government and private firms to enhance the provision ...
The bargaining power of disabled wives: evidence from Iraq
The rate of labour force participation of women in MENA countries remains lower than in any other part of the ...
Asset inequality in Egypt, Ethiopia, Jordan and Tunisia
Measures of income or consumption alone provide an inadequate representation of living standards and economic inequality across households. This column ...
Financial systems in MENA: time to embrace digital technologies
The growing use of digital technologies in financial services provision holds promise for MENA countries to improve their financial systems ...
Optimal asset allocation for sovereign wealth funds
How should oil-based sovereign wealth funds allocate their investment across different asset classes, such as stocks, bonds and real estate? ...
Rethinking the macroeconomics of resource-rich countries
After years of high commodity prices, a new era of lower prices, especially for oil, will be challenging for resource-rich ...
Subsidy reforms and social justice: lessons from Egypt
For institutional and historical reasons, countries of the Middle East and North Africa have relied mostly on consumption subsidies for ...
Time to rethink inequality in Arab states
There are many gaps in our understanding of trends in both money metric inequality and multidimensional inequality in Arab states. ...