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economies have a quasi-fiscal deficit below 3 percent of gross domestic product (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Qatar, and the West …The annual electricity investments needed in the Middle East and North Africa region to keep up with demand have been … and North Africa region. The estimations are for 2013. They show that the average quasi-fiscal deficit is 4.4 percent of …
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vice-versa. Defining two extreme factor market scenarios over Morocco and Tunisia, the author finds that the welfare gains …
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This paper argues for a novel approach to financing infrastructure needs in Arab countries. It first describes the context of rising public debt in the region, contrasting it with the vast infrastructure needs. It then discusses the challenges in meeting these needs with traditional financing....
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household welfare in the Middle East and North Africa region. The analysis uses a unified model and harmonized household data …
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reforms in the Middle East and North Africa region between 2010 and 2014. This unprecedented period of subsidy reforms …
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the most in the Middle East and North Africa region. This paper documents this remarkable experience and shows that it is … broad based in the sense that all countries in the Middle East and North Africa experienced significant declines in child …
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This paper uses a panel of annual observations for 198 banks in 19 Middle East and North Africa countries over 2001 … characteristic curve. The findings of the paper suggest that banking supervision in the Middle East and North Africa could be …
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In the Middle East and North Africa, food security and water security are tightly entwined. In particular, choices …
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paper develops a dynamic storage model for wheat in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, where imported wheat …
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Although both domestic and foreign private banks have gained ground in MENA in recent years, state banks continue to play an important role in many countries. Using a MENA bank-level panel dataset for the period 2001-08, the paper contributes to the empirical literature by documenting recent...
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