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By Murat Kirdar,  Meltem Dayioglu and İsmet Koç The extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey was motivated by concerns other than the welfare of teenage mothers and their children..more

By Jaime de Melo Conditions in the so-called G-5 countries of the Sahel – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger – are grim. This Brookings column from late 2016 summarises a plea for international action..more

The Economic Research Forum (ERF) is pleased to announce a call for proposals on the non-monetary dimensions of inequality and poverty among the youth in the MENA region. This call for proposals falls under the theme of Equity, Inequality and... Read More

By Simon Neaime Targeting inflation – a monetary policy strategy that has been successfully used in several developed countries – has become an increasingly attractive alternative to nominal exchange rate targeting in emerging economies..more

By Ralph de Haas, Alexander Plekhanov and Valerijs Rezvijs By the standards of middle-income economies, Turkey, North Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean have very young populations – a demographic opportunity to achieve faster per capita income growth..more

By Ragui Assaad and Mongi Boughzala Unemployment in Tunisia has been high for many years – and it is particularly prevalent among youth, women and people with higher levels of education..more

By Johanes Agbahey, Khalid Siddig, Harald Grethe and Jonas Luckmann Palestine’s limited access to international markets and trade disruptions caused by Israeli closures create food shortages as well as surges in prices across the Palestinian territories..more

By Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla and Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali Chronic illnesses are widespread in the Arab countries – and they have damaging consequences for labour market participation and wider economic performance..more