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Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia face challenges competing on the global markets, as shown by their relatively low and … misalignment, including in recent years, the exchange rates in Morocco and Tunisia have broadly reflected the underlying … the first time to North Africa, the stock-flow approach to the real equilibrium exchange rate, this paper evaluates the …
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colleagues. We estimate the rate of knowledge diffusion inside the firm using two matched worker-firm data sets from Morocco and … diffusion is around 7 percent in Morocco and Senegal, but part of the learning-by-watching returns stems from firm heterogeneity … Morocco. …
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This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models … presence of continued risk factors in Tunisia's labour market resulting from the global financial crisis in 2008 and the Arab … separation decisions remained present in Tunisia's labour market. In addition, the paper looks at various social issues such as …
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This paper analyzes the dynamics of the youth labor market in Tunisia using unique labor force survey data from 2005 to …
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equations are estimated using data (1971–96) for importable and exportable sectors in Tunisia. Causality tests show that … of labour increased dramatically in Tunisia as women entered the labour market. This allowed importable employment to be …
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This paper investigates the process of adjustment in employment. A dynamic model is applied to a panel of six Tunisian manufacturing industries observed over the period 1971– 96. The adjustment process is industry and time specific. The adjustment parameter is specified in terms of factors...
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Fertility has begun to fall in Sub-Saharan Africa but it remains high on average and particularly for a few countries …
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Between 1993 and 1994, extremist militia groups carried out the extermination of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the genocides of Burundi and Rwanda. Nearly one million people were killed and thousands were forcibly uprooted from their homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera – a...
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In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …
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Africa. We find that cooperation is greater – production is more efficient – among co-wives than among husbands and wives …
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