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Altruism and Workers' Remittances : Evidence from Selected Countries in the Middle East and Central Asia

Bouhga-Hagbe, Jacques - 2006

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETERMINANTS OF WORKERS' REMITTANCES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS -- III …. Tunisia. …

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The Economics of Political Transitions; Implications for the Arab Spring

Khandelwal, Padamja; Roitman, Agustin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

Over the past two years, ongoing political transitions in many Arab countries have led to social unrest and an economic downturn. This paper examines comparable historical episodes of political instability to derive implications for the near- and medium-term economic outlook in the Arab...

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Reported Social Unrest Index: August 2023 Update

Barrett, Philip - 2023

This paper is the second update of the Reported Social Unrest Index (Barrett et al. 2022), outlining developments in global social unrest since March 2022. It shows that the fraction of countries experiencing major social unrest events has been stable. Reasons for social unrest can be broadly...

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Reported Social Unrest Index: March 2022 Update

Barrett, Philip - 2022

This paper updates the Reported Social Unrest Index of Barrett et al (2020), reviewing recent developments in social unrest worldwide since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. It shows that unrest was elevated during late 2019, coincident with widespread protests in Latin America. Unrest then...

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Climate Shocks and Domestic Conflicts in Africa

Diallo, Yoro - 2022

This paper analyzes the interlinkages between climate shocks, domestic conflicts, and policy resilience in Africa. It builds on a Correlated Random Effect model to asess these interrelationships on a broad sample of 51 African countries over the 1990-2018 period. We find suggestive evidence that...

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Understanding the Inflationary Process in the GCC Region

Alogeel, Hesham - 2008

This paper investigates the factors that affect inflation in the GCC region by examining the inflationary processes in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The paper utilizes a model that accounts for foreign factors affecting inflation, such as trading partners' inflation and exchange rate pass-through...

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Why Is Tunisia's Unemployment So High? Evidence From Policy Factors

Belgacem, Aymen - 2023

Tunisia has one of the highest unemployment rates within the Middle East and Central Asia. We look at the extent to … institutional factors that affect labor demand explain not only about a quarter of the unemployment rate increase in Tunisia, but … also Tunisia's excess sensitivity of unemployment to the output gap. Our results suggest that an improved business …