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The Economics of the Arab Spring
Adeel Malik,Bassem Awadallah +1 more
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In this article, the authors argue that private sector development in the Arab world is both a political and a regional challenge, and that overcoming regional economic barriers constitutes the single most important collective action problem facing the region since the fall of Ottoman Empire.About:
This article is published in World Development.The article was published on 2013-05-01. It has received 263 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Private sector development & Private sector.read more
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Why Was the Arab World Poised for Revolution? Schooling, Economic Opportunities, and the Arab Spring
Filipe R. Campante,Davin Chor +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that the lack of adequate economic opportunities for an increasingly educated populace can help to understand episodes of regime instability such as the Arab Spring, and argue that this pattern is especially pronounced in those countries that saw significant upheaval during the first year of the uprisings.
Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have shown that when effort and initial conditions are factored in, African countries are among the top achievers of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and that eight of the world's top ten best performing countries are in Africa.
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The Logistics Performance Effect in International Trade
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the effect of logistics performance in international trade and found that the overall logistics performance is positively and statistically significantly correlated with exports and imports, and the main policy implication is that continuous investment in logistics infrastructure and services can positively impact international trade.
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Making sense of Arab labor markets: the enduring legacy of dualism
TL;DR: The authors argue that the enduring legacy of dualism will continue to strongly shape the production and deployment of human capital in Arab economies for some time, even as fiscal crises have long destabilized these arrangements in most non-oil Arab countries, culminating in the dramatic political upheavals of the Arab Spring.
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African Economic Outlook 2012
TL;DR: The 2012 edition of the African Economic Outlook (AEO) as mentioned in this paper reviewed recent economic, social and political developments and the short-term likely evolutions of 53 African countries, including Eritrea and South Sudan.
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World development indicators 2010
TL;DR: The 2010 edition of the World Development Indicators as mentioned in this paper focused on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals and the challenges of meeting them on this, the 10th anniversary of the millennium declaration.
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The Long-term Effects of Africa's Slave Trades
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used data from shipping records and historical documents reporting slave ethnicities to construct estimates of the number of slaves exported from each country during Africa's slave trades.
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The Marginal Product of Capital
Francesco Caselli,James Feyrer +1 more
TL;DR: The authors showed that the marginal product of capital (MPK) is remarkably similar across countries and there is no prima facie support for the view that international credit frictions play a major role in preventing capital flows from rich to poor countries.
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Trade Policy, Trade Costs, and Developing Country Trade
TL;DR: This article reviewed new indices of trade restrictiveness and trade facilitation developed at the World Bank and compared the trade impact of different types of trade restrictions applied at the border with the effects of domestic policies that affect trade costs.
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The Long Divergence: How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyze the economic role of Islam in the Middle East's economic underdevelopment and conclude that Islam did not hinder economic development, but did contribute to it.
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