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of two North African countries, Morocco and Tunisia. We do so by performing a multivariate time series analysis of … depreciation in Tunisia but have no significant effect in Morocco, while FDI does not have an effect on the real exchange rate in …. Morocco and Tunisia provide contrasting outcomes. Our results confirm the importance of the macroeconomic framework in which …
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. -- tourism ; economic growth ; Africa ; panel vector autoregression …Using a panel vector autoregressive model this paper investigates the dynamic and endogeneous contribution of tourism … to output based on a sample of 40 African countries for the period 1990 - 2006. Results from the study confirm tourism to …
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As Africa continues to attract record numbers of international arrivals, there are industry undercurrents that … influence the continent's participation in tourism value chains. African tourism is characterized by high foreign demand, which … elevates the position of global lead firms and increases leakages of tourism spending out of local economies. This paper …
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This paper provides an historical overview of aid flows to North Africa. It assesses the aid allocation process and … effectiveness of aid which, with the exception of Tunisia, has not been associated with sustained economic growth. The Arab Spring … provides an opportunity to reappraise aid flows to North Africa and it is argued that future flows need to support the …
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The so-called 'Arab spring' in North Africa and the Middle East in early 2011 took many political commentators by … political trajectory of countries like Egypt and Tunisia it must reflect on its own past engagement in the world generally and … North Africa specifically. It should also take account of what the experience of democratization elsewhere tells us and the …
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frustration and anger in North Africa, and how these sentiments play themselves out since the Arab revolutions. Though these …
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, Morocco, and Tunisia, illustrating how individuals' characteristics and ability to pay shape bargaining power and marriage … marriage in North Africa, where asymmetric rights in marriage create incentives for extensive up-front bargaining and detailed … marriage contracts. As well as describing the limited literature on the economics of marriage in North Africa, this paper draws …
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development and a key challenge in climate change agenda. The North Africa region is particularly vulnerable to climate change due … measure the possible impact of climate change on agriculture sector. -- climate change ; vulnerability ; North Africa …
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results for projected yield impacts in Morocco using a well-tested crop model, CliCrop, which estimates yield impacts based on … yield declines for Morocco. It is important for future research to resolve these differences. …
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special focus on Morocco and Turkey. We use the GTAP model, which is a global general equilibrium model, to investigate trade … Morocco, tariff elimination under all scenarios on average induces additional welfare loss compared with the climate change …
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