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From the Sand Up: An Environmental and Demographic Explanation of the Economic, Legal and Political Structure of Arabia
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oxf:esohwp:_220&r=&r=ara
Published: May 7, 2025 00:00
The paper uses basic theories of Marx on social structure and Malthus on demography to explain many features of Arabia in terms of the arid environment. The focus is on traditional Arabia, but it is argued that the same consideration continue to apply to…
Greek Trade Coalition in Post-Ottoman Istanbul
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cte:whrepe:46490&r=&r=ara
Published: April 22, 2025 00:00
This paper investigates how ethnic networks shaped trade among Armenian, Greek, Jewish, and Turkish traders in Istanbul after the collapse of the OttomanEmpire. I draw on a novel micro-dataset of 3, 777 transactions extracted frombulletins of the Istanbul…
Absorptive Capacity of Türkiye’s Provinces vis-à -vis Refugee Influx from Syria
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:124448&r=&r=ara
Published: April 17, 2025 00:00
This paper quantitatively examines the refugee absorption/integration rates across Türkiye’s 81 provinces while considering the geographical and economic features of each of the 81 provinces. The study mainly focuses on the distribution of Syrian refugees…
Morocco: Request for an Arrangement Under the Flexible Credit Line and Cancellation of Current Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfscr:2025/094&r=&r=ara
Published: April 11, 2025 00:00
The Moroccan economy showed remarkable resilience to recent shocks, although a succession of droughts severely curtailed agricultural production and pushed unemployment to historical highs. Morocco's very strong institutional and policy framework has been…
A New GCC Fiscal Era – A Look at the Macro and Firm-Level Impact of Tax Reforms
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2025/074&r=&r=ara
Published: April 11, 2025 00:00
In 2014, the collapse of global oil prices and the resulting increase in fiscal deficits and debt triggered a wave of spending cuts, tax policy and subsidy reforms. The introduction of excises and VAT, broadening of CIT, and subsidy reform have changed the…
Morocco: 2025 Article IV Consultation and Third Review Under the Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imf:imfscr:2025/087&r=&r=ara
Published: April 7, 2025 00:00
After accelerating in 2023, GDP growth slowed to 3.2 percent in 2024, as another drought curtailed agricultural production. Domestic demand remained robust in the first three quarters of the year, with consumption boosted by lower inflation and fiscal…
IFPRI-Sudan: Generating evidence-based solutions for strengthening humanitarian response and economic resilience
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:sssppn:174025&r=&r=ara
Published: April 7, 2025 00:00
Sudan is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian and economic crises in its modern history due to the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Sudan is now suffering the largest humanitarian…
Sudan Strategy Support Program (SSSP): Background and research output
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:fpr:sssppn:174016&r=&r=ara
Published: April 3, 2025 00:00
The Sudan Strategy Support Program (SSSP), one of the country programs of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), commenced operations in May 2022 from the premises of the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development, its official host…
Structural hypocrisy in humanitarian aid: a justice-oriented counter-story of how donors fund both relief and destruction in Gaza
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:7zygu_v1&r=&r=ara
Published: March 26, 2025 00:00
Background: The latest military assault on Gaza by Israel, which began after 7 October 2023, has led to an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with tens of thousands killed, nearly two million displaced, and famine officially declared in 2024. The…
Climate Risk and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa
https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:11092&r=&r=ara
Published: March 25, 2025 00:00
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…