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By Khalid Abu-Ismail and Racha Ramadan There are many gaps in our understanding of trends in both money metric inequality and multidimensional inequality in Arab states. This column previews a..more

By Paul Makdissi For institutional and historical reasons, countries of the Middle East and North Africa have relied mostly on consumption subsidies for reducing inequality..more

By Rabah Arezki, Raouf Boucekkine, Jeffrey Frankel, Mohammed Laksaci and Frederick van der Ploeg After years of high commodity prices, a new era of lower prices, especially for oil, will be challenging for resource-rich countries, which must cope with the decline... Read More

By Rabah Arezki and Hafez Ghanem A new economic reality is needed in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This column proposes a ‘moonshot’, which, like the US effort to land a man on the moon in the 1960s, can... Read More

By Ida Mirzaie and Magda Kandil Iran’s currency has once again fallen against the dollar following the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal. This column explores the inflationary impact of speculative attacks on the rial..more

By Subidey Togan The routes that connect Turkey to its most important trading partners in Europe are governed by a system of road transport quotas, which has a significantly negative effect on the country’s exports..more

By Ali Enami and Nora Lustig Iran’s universal cash transfer (UCT) programme plays an important role in fighting poverty. But as this column shows, its real value and impact on the country’s poorest people has diminished..more

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 27, 2018 The ERF Annual Conference provides a unique opportunity for regional researchers to interact with international peers and with each another. It also provides a venue for the presentation of multiple research papers, both in the... Read More