Publications and media
First Out, Last In amid COVID-19: Employment Vulnerability of Youths in the Middle East
This study estimates the impacts of the evolving COVID-19 crisis on the trends in workers’ employment outcomes in Egypt and Jordan. Using panel microdata from ERF COVID-19 MENA Monitors, waves 1–5 (Ju...
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AFD Group and Europe in North Africa
For more than ten years, in North Africa, the AFD Group has developed a very close partnership with the European Commission. This partnership begins with a constant dialogue and continues with an oper...
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3 questions to Fawzia Baba-Aissa in charge of the development of the Women's Fund in the Mediterranean area
On the occasion of the Generation Equality Forum which opened on June 30, 2021 in Paris, discover the gender issues in North Africa and the Middle East with Fawzia Baba-Aissa, development officer at t...
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North Africa - 2021-2025 Regional Strategy
Set up in September 2019, the North Africa Regional Office covers five countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. This strategy aims to position AFD Group’s action as a support for buildin...
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Inequality and Income Mobility in Egypt
This paper explores trends in wage and income levels and inequality and mobility in Egypt, especially since 2012. Data are from the 1998, 2006, 2012, and 2018 waves of the Egypt Labor Market Panel Sur...
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Trends and Patterns of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Egypt
This paper conducts a detailed analysis of the trends and patterns of women’s role in household non-agricultural enterprises in Egypt. The paper uses the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS) waves...
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Internal versus International Migration in Egypt: Together or Far Apart
This paper examines the relationship between internal, international, and return migration in Egypt. Using the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), this paper documents the evolution and patterns...
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Challenges in Sanitation
Among the essential public utilities, sanitation and wastewater services present forms of organization and management that have contributed to make it low on the agenda of policy makers when it comes...
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Philanthropy in the Arab World
This paper is an introduction to the current status of philanthropic giving in the Arab Countries. The paper is based upon previous research of the authors, mainly the PhD thesis of Marwa El-Daly, whi...
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Food Reserves and Regulating Market Volatility in Africa
The aim of this study is to examine public food storage systems in developing countries, particularly Africa. In which context is it pertinent to set up one type of stock over another? What conditions...
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Euro-Med Growth and Trade Integration: can we talk of a cost of the non-Mediterranean?
This paper revisits the debate on EuroMediterranean integration to reassess its observed and expected impact on the economic growth of the South and East Mediterranean countries (SEMCs).
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The investment climate in Egypt: Institutions or Relationships as Conditions for Sustainable Reform?
Observations made here show that it is possible to improve the investment climate, achieve effective cooperation between private investors and political decision-makers, fight against corruption and m...
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Privatization and Regulatory Reform in the Middle East and North Africa Area
During the nineties, the globalization of telecommunications imposed a model of development based on the suppression of public monopolies, leading to international competition and the privatization of...
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Egyptian Industry since the Early 1970s: A History of Thwarted Development
The political will to promote industry in Egypt has thus been affirmed for many years, under a variety of strategies. To what extent has Egypt’s industrial performance matched the effort invested? Has...
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The AFD Group and the Mediterranean
In a regional context marked by increasing environmental pressures, the Mediterranean faces major challenges such as pollution, overfishing, and water stress. To protect this unique ecosystem, the AFD...
