Introduction to the economy of southern Kurdistan -- Labor market policy options of the Kurdistan regional government -- Establishment of national health service in the federal region of Kurdistan -- The education sector in the federal region of Kurdistan -- Establishment of science parks in the...

"The Next Africa" will change the way people think about the continent. The old narrative of an Africa disconnected from the global economy, depicted by conflict or corruption, and heavily dependent on outside donors is fading. A wave of transformation driven by business, modernization, and a...

This paper examines the effect of the efficiency of the education system on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). First, it focuses on the external efficiency and applies a frontier-based measure as a proxy of the ability of countries to optimally convert the average years of schooling into income...