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Financial Development and Employment: New Evidence

05/02/2019 | EMNES reports
May 2019. Written by Rym Ayadi, Sami Ben Naceur, Mohamed Goaied This paper adds to the existing literature on finance and growth, by exploring the effect of finance on the labour market, using data on 143 countries from 1995 to 2015. We also examine whether the impact of financial development on...

Descriptive analysis of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt from a start-up perspective : challenges ans opportunities

04/17/2019 | EMNES reports
April 2019. Written by Heba Zaki, Nahed Zeini The purpose of this paper is to present a descriptive analysis of start-ups in Egypt and the related ecosystem, relying on a unique survey. This is the first survey that aims to provide useful and insightful data specifically about Egyptian start-ups....

Refugees and hosting countries : integration models and cooperation policy options

03/01/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in March 2019. Directed by Marco Zupi and Alberto Mazzali. Economic exclusion, as the lack of participation to the production and consumption processes as well as of income distribution processes, is a central component of multidimensional social exclusion, the complex combination of...

Early childhood development and inequality of opportunities in the Mediterranean

01/16/2019 | FEMISE reports
January 2019. Directed by Touhami Abdelkhalek Abstract:  Early childhood is the most important time for human development. However, countries tend to under-invest in this stage of development, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Children are facing unequal opportunities...

Femip Trust Fund Annual Report 2017 : serving the southern neighbourhood

11/13/2018 | BEI & FEMIP reports
November 2018. Written by EIB. In view of the challenges the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood region is facing, including those posed by the forced displacement of people, persistent fiscal deficits and the threat of climate change, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU bank, and the FEMIP Trust...

Female Labour Force Participation and Entrepreneurship: The Missing Pillar for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Development in MENA?

11/01/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in November 2018. Written by Rym Ayadi and Rim Mouelhi Despite substantial investment in women’s education in the MENA region and a significant increase in their educational attainment, women’s labour force participation remains very low. In 2017, Women’s Labour Force Participation (LFP)...

Strengthening the Role of Women in Rural and Agricultural Areas

10/10/2018 | CIHEAM reports
October 2018. Written by CIHEAM-UPM The Watch letter n ° 40 aims to show different perspectives of the situation in the Mediterranean region by analyzing the challenges and opportunities in the socio-economic, social, environmental, legal and political domains.

Gender Wage Disparities in Egypt: Evidence from ELMPS 2006 and 2012

09/10/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in September 2018. Written by Marwa Biltagy. His paper focuses on estimating wage differentials between males and females in Egypt to understand the determinants of the gender wage gap.