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Al-Awah, Ahmed; Grand, Nathalie - 2025

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Intellectual and social capital,energy, and resource rents as drivers of economic growth in Middle East and North Africa : evidence from panel ARDL analysis

Fakhreddine, Nour; Taher, Hanadi; Mourad, Abbas - 2026

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North Africa : Connecting Continents, Creating Opportunities

Rayner, Brett - 2026

North Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads—geographically and economically—between Europe’s industrial demand and Africa’s demographic dynamism. In today’s rapidly shifting global landscape, North Africa has a timely opportunity to position itself as a strategic connector of...

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Waste Management in the Middle East and North Africa

2026

This report provides a high-level overview of the key findings and insights contained in the report, “Waste Management in the Middle East and North Africa”. The report draws on new data from the 19 MENA countries and 26 cities, and analyzes the performance of, and challenges in, solid waste...

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Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Regional Trends and the Experience of Saudi Arabia

Gomez Tamayo, Sofia; Alrayess, Dana; Koettl-Brodmann, … - 2026

Female labor force participation (FLFP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains the lowest globally, averaging just 19% in 2023 compared to a global average of 48%. Persistent gender unequal social norms, disproportionate unpaid care responsibilities, restrictive legal frameworks,...

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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Economic Update, April 2026 : Challenges of Conflict and Industrial Policy for Development

2026

Conflict has engulfed the MENAAP region, exacting a serious human and economic toll and heightening geopolitical uncertainty. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and damage to energy infrastructure have pushed up oil prices, increased financial volatility, and weakened the 2026 growth outlook. A...

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Female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa : regional trends and lessons from Saudi Arabia

Koettl, Johannes; Tamayo, Sofia Gomez; Alrayess, Dana … - 2026

Female labor force participation (FLFP) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remains the lowest globally, averaging just 19% in 2023 compared to a global average of 48%. Social norms, care responsibilities, restrictive legal frameworks, skills mismatches, and limited access to supportive...

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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan Macro Poverty Outlook, April 2026 : Country-by-Country Analysis and Projections for the Developing World

2026

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan region. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross...

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Le rôle des petites et moyennes entreprises dans le renforcement de la résilience climatique en Afrique du Nord

2026

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Back to the future : the pact for the Mediterranean and the mirage of Euro-Mediterranean integration

Furness, Mark - 2026

The European Union (EU) and southern Mediterranean partners launched the Pact for the Mediterranean in November 2025 to reset relations with the EU's "Southern Neighbourhood" in an increasingly challenging regional context. The Pact comes 30 years after the 1995 Barcelona Process promised to...

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Taxation in the Middle East and North Africa : prospects and possibilities

2026

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are varied in their political systems and geography—factors that have shaped their economic development and tax policy choices. This diversity means that taxation must be tailored to local factors and constraints. This book surveys...

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Stock market return, market capitalization and financial stability in the Middle East and North Africa region : the moderating role of renewable energy

Ben M’Barek, Hassene - 2026

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Machine learning for predicting bank stability : evidence from the Middle East & North Africa region

Farag, Karim; Ibeh, Lawrence; Mutai, Noah Cheruiyot - 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a contentious topic in the financial services sector, especially regarding its capacity to provide more accurate bank risk predictions than the traditional econometric models. However, limited research has so far been conducted in the MENA countries. In...

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Breaking barriers for women and young entrepreneurs in North Africa: Skills, finance, and social norms

Brixiova, Zuzana; Elbeshbishi, Amal Nagah; Zhao, Jiaxin - 2025

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Water crisis and rural women : insights from Moroccan oases

Houdret, Annabelle; Ftouhi, Hind; Bossenbroek, Lisa; … - 2025

In many arid and semi-arid regions, rural women are at the heart of water-related dynamics - and therefore greatly affected by its scarcity. This scarcity affects their daily lives, farming activities, economic initiatives and solidarity networks, which are directly dependent on the availability...

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External development financial flows to food systems : Africa report

2025

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A critical review of the state-of-the-art on social policy, conflict and peace in the Middle East and North Africa region : why social policy matters for peace and why it is also not enough

Jawad, Rana; Plagerson, Sophie; Jaskolski, Martina - 2025

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Climate Risk and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa

Balasubramanian, Chitra; Baquie, Sandra; Fuchs, Alan - 2025

The Middle East and North Africa faces significant climate challenges, such as increasing temperatures, heightened flood risks, frequent droughts, and growing air pollution issues. These challenges are compounded by the large proportion of the population living below the poverty line in some...

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Trade globalization, remittance inflows, and environment nexus in the Middle East and North Africa : cross-sectional dependence analysis

Mahmood, Haider; Saqib, Najia - 2025

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The impact of financial crises on industrial growth in the Middle East and North Africa

Madeira, Carlos - 2025

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The impact of financial crises on industrial growth in the Middle East and North Africa

Madeira, Carlos - 2025

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Breaking Barriers : Understanding and Addressing Social Norm Constraints to Women's Work in the Middle East and North Africa

2025

This policy brief uses data from those efforts to document the role social norms play to support (or hinder) female labor force participation in a sample of MENA countries. Data was collected in Egypt, the Republic of Iraq, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia between...

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Digitalization and energy transition for sustainable development in North Africa : new evidence from the CS-ARDL approach

Amayed, Yasser - 2025

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Embracing and Shaping Change : Human Development for a Middle East and North Africa in Transition

Morgandi, Matteo; Caillaud, Fadila; Duran, Denizhan; … - 2025

Low investments in human development (HD) are both a cause and a consequence of economic performance and income growth. Thriving populations in knowledge societies are skilled, mobile, healthy, and connected. However, in most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, human...

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Decentring Éuropean Union foreign policy : addressing colonial dynamics in EU-Algeria relations

Barbieux, Francois; Bouris, Dimitris - 2025

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Energy poverty and social well-being in North Africa : between environmental degradation and green investment

El-Khadiri, Habiba; Oubahou, Yassine; Omerani, Driss; … - 2025

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Preferences and the puzzle of female labor force participation

Majbouri, Mahdi - 2025

Women's educational attainment has continuously increased across the Middle East, while fertility rates have declined substantially. Yet their labor force participation remains stubbornly low. To investigate this puzzle, I use a discrete choice experiment in Egypt that varies the gender...

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Preferences and the puzzle of female labor force participation

Majbouri, Mahdi - 2023

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Middle East and North Africa

2025

This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East and North Africa. Macroeconomic indicators such as population, gross domestic product and gross...

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Systemic risk and commercial bank stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

Jalloul, Rim; Haque, Mahfuzul - 2025

Using panel data spanning 2004-2023 of 21 countries in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region, we measure systemic risk and assess its influence on key banking sector performance indicators, including financial stability (proxied by commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults), providing...

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Breaking barriers for women and young entrepreneurs in North Africa : skills, finance, and social norms

Brixiova, Zuzana; Elbeshbishi, Amal Nagah; Zhao, Jiaxin - 2025

Skills gaps, a lack of funding, and social norms continue to keep women and youth in North Africa from engaging in productive entrepreneurship. Using cross-national data and regional indicators from the World Bank and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, this analysis shows how such barriers...

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Advance report on forest fires in Europe, Middle East and North Africa 2024

2025

This report contains the annual summary of the wildfire season of 2024 on the basis of data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). It is published early in 2025 to provide an advance comprehensive analysis of the wildfire season 2024. The analysis and data in the report...

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Are Green and Digital Skills a Pathway to Jobs in Middle East and North Africa?

Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Kadiri, Damilola T.; Masood, Surayya; … - 2025

To what extent are green and digital skills being demanded in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)? We answer this question using over 276,000 online job postings between January 2022 and March 2023 across six MENA countries. We triangulate these data with selected labor force survey data and...

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Fresh Perspectives : Emerging Issues and Opportunities for Desalination in the Middle East and North Africa

2025

The Middle East and North Africa region faces severe water scarcity, intensified by climate change and growing demand. This paper explores desalination as a key adaptation strategy, with a focus on emerging issues and opportunities for middle- and low-income countries. It provides guidance to...

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A region on the move 2025 : Middle East and North Africa

2025

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Targeting of food aid programs : evidence from Egypt

Mahmoud, Mai; Kurdi, Sikandra - 2025

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Roads and Conflicts in North and West Africa

2025

This report explores the relationship between transport systems and conflict dynamics in North and West Africa over 24 years. Roads, railways, and ports are essential for economic development and the movement of goods and people, forming one of the cornerstones of regional integration. Because...

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Corruption and informal practices in the Middle East and North Africa : a pooled cross-sectional analysis

Kubbe, Ina; Kırşanlı, Fatih; Nugroho, Wisnu Setiadi - 2025

This paper concentrates on informal practices, which refer to transactions occurring outside formal institutions and regulations. Bribery fits this definition as it involves the exchange of money or favours outside legal channels to gain an advantage or influence decisions. We analyse bribery in...

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The impact of energy consumption on economic development in North Africa : a long-term dynamics analysis using the ARDL approach

Zahir, Allal; Aarich, Zineb; Oubahou, Yassine; Bouazid, … - 2025

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How can the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfcFTA) help develop regional value chains across Africa? : an exploration

De Melo, Jaime; Solleder, Jean-Marc - 2025

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FDI, defense spending, and economic prosperity

Douch, Mohamed - 2025

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The status of gender and development programming in Jordan : still "adding women and stirring?"

Ragetlie, Rosalind; Najjar, Dina; Baruah, Bipasha - 2025

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Shifting Gears : The Private Sector as an Engine of Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

Gatti, Roberta; Bennett, Federico; Chun, Sumin; Islam, … - 2025

Selon les estimations, la région du Moyen-Orient et de l'Afrique du Nord (MENA) a connu une croissance modeste de 1,9 % en 2024 et devrait croître modérément à 2,6 % en 2025. Cela s'inscrit dans un contexte d'incertitude mondiale accrue, en particulier en matière de politique commerciale....

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Market and regulatory headwinds build for MENA gas exporters to Europe

Ouki, Mostefa A. - 2024

Middle East and North Africa (MENA) gas exporters are facing long-term market and regulatory challenges in Europe. The near three-year continuous decline in Europe’s gas demand since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis is a key challenge for these exporters who are concerned about whether this...

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Market and regulatory headwinds build for MENA gas exporters to Europe

Ouki, Mostefa A. - 2024

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Measuring financial inclusion in the MENA region : comparative analysis

Chehayeb, Rabab Jaber - 2024

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a new multidimensional financial inclusion index to measure the financial inclusion level for each of the 13 selected countries of the Middle East and North Africa region for the period 2004-2020. In addition, the comparative analysis approach...

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Financial Stability in a Higher-for-Longer Interest Rate Environment The Case of the Middle East and North Africa

Alter, Adrian - 2024

This paper assesses the state and resilience of corporate and banking sectors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in a "higher-for-longer" interest rate environment using granular micro data to conduct the first cross-country corporate and banking sector stress tests for the MENA region....

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Regional Economic Outlook Update: Middle East and Central Asia, January 2024 : Middle East and North Africa: Conflict Compounding Economic Challenges

2024

The conflict in Gaza and Israel is yet another shock to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating an already challenging environment for neighboring economies and beyond. This Update covers economies in the MENA region and does not...

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Structural domestic conditions, regional and international financial integrations : evidence from MENA

Özmen, Erdal; Taşdemir, Fatma - 2024

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Adopting green measures in exporting firms : what are the effects on labour market outcomes?

Maître, Nicolas; Richiard, Pelin Sekerler - 2024

This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between trade, labour and environmental sustainability by providing empirical evidence at the firm level. For this purpose, it first explores whether exporting firms are more likely than non-exporting firms to adopt green measures....

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Analysing financial market integration between stock and precious metals indices

Manuel, Áureo; Dias, Rui; Galvão, Rosa; Varela, Miguel - 2024

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Nexus between blue economy, renewable energy and environmental sustainability in the MENA region : evidence from panel threshold regression

Šarīf, Marwa aš- - 2024

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Regaining NATO's southern neighbours : the alliance should seize the opportunity to jointly reshape southern partnerships

Kinninmont, Jane; Werenfels, Isabelle - 2024

NATO’s 2023 summit in Vilnius was dominated by Russia’s war against Ukraine. The summit in Washington, D.C., in July 2024 will be influenced by an additional major conflict in NATO’s neighbourhood: the war in Gaza and the related heightened tensions in the Middle East. These have also...

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