Review of Economics and Political Science , Open Access
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Volume 6
Health shocks and households’ welfare in Ghana: does social assistance mitigate the effects?
Desmond Mbe-Nyire Mpuure, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Kwame Ansere Ofori-Mensah, John Bosco DramaniHealth shocks are among the factors that have impeded households from experiencing better welfare. To mitigate the consequences of these shocks, individuals have sought to enrol…
Institutional governance priorities to foster exports in Egypt
Nermine N. AbulataThe paper studies types and mechanisms of vertical and horizontal multilevel institutional governance (IG) (multilevel governance [MLG]). The relation with exports is reviewed and…
How do cultural values affect economic growth? An empirical evidence from world values survey (1994–2021)
Israa A. El Husseiny, Ahmed Al Samman, Sarah Mansour, Fatma IbrahimThis study utilizes cultural values from the World Values Survey (WVS) to investigate the cultural hypothesis regarding economic growth. Following Granato et al.'s (1996) theory…
Does the pattern of ICT possession exacerbate inequality in educational opportunities between students with and without disabilities? Evidence from Egypt
Somaya El-Saadani, Soha Metwally, Wafaa AbdelazizThis study aims to analyze to what extent distance education is feasible and efficient with the limited technological infrastructure in Egypt. The study answers this question from…
What are the main drivers of private saving in Egypt?
Hebatalla Atef EmamThis study aims to investigate the main drivers of private saving in Egypt (2005–2020).
The emergence of the “information have-less” class of labor in the information age and its presence in Egypt
Elgazzar Iman Mahmoud KhalilAt the beginning of the 21st century, a new class of information workers, the “information have-less” has risen. This class of workers alleviates the influence of information and…
Mental health in selected MENA countries during COVID-19: an empirical investigation
Pakinam Mahmoud FikryThe outbreak of COVID-19 not only had serious negative impacts on the world economy but also on the global mental health because of the psychological disorders associated with the…
US–China policy amid a persistent strategy: is conflict over Taiwan inevitable?
Nora MaherThis research aims to examine the US–China policy shift from Obama to Biden emphasizing the centrality of Taiwan question in the geostrategic competition with Beijing and its…
The role of waste-to-energy in waste management in Egypt: a techno-economic analysis
Heba Nassar, Marwa Biltagy, Aya Mohamed SafwatEgypt has set plans to transform into a green economy which requires major reforms in the waste sector as one of the most vital sectors crucial for this transformation. This study…
Variations in strategic change cycle: Thailand's office board of investment, tri-county foundation and UN Women Egypt as case studies
Shaimaa MaguedCombining two organizational change theories, life cycle and organizational development, this study examines how strategic change cycle has been adopted and implemented across…
The impact of institutions' quality and information availability on capital inflows volatility in selected MENA countries
Ola Al Sayed, Noha Sami Omar, Abdelmoneam KhaledThis paper aims to discuss the main characteristics of the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region's capital inflows volatility. It also examines the effect of institutional…
The formalization of the Egyptian informal sector: a behavioral and experimental approach
Rania Moaaz, Sarah MansourThis paper aims at assessing the impact of a number of behavioral interventions on the willingness of informal businesses, in the Egyptian informal sector, to join the formal…
Cost of foreign reserve accumulation in emerging market and developing economies
Gouda Abdel Khalek, Amany RizkThis paper aims to obtain a recent estimate of the cost of precautionary foreign reserve accumulation that emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) had to endure to…
The impact of education to the transition from unemployment to employment in Egypt
Amany Yashoa GadThis paper aims to identify the level of contribution of different levels of education to remaining in unemployment as well as the transition from unemployment to employment in…
An econometric analysis of modernized cereal production in reducing multidimensional poverty in Uganda, 1975-2014
Emong Herbert RobertThis study aims to develop an econometric analysis of how modern agriculture can be a fundamental instrument for reducing the levels of multidimensional poverty in Uganda. It…
Financial inclusion in Egypt: the road ahead
Taghreed Abdelaziz HassoubaThe literature review stated that financial inclusion (FI) influences economic growth through different channels. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the underlying process of…
Balanced scorecards: proposed framework for application at the local system level insights from international experiences
Mohamed Sayed Abdel Hamied, Ayman ElbagouryThe study aims to provide a clear framework of steps on how to implement the balanced scorecard model at the level of measuring and managing local performance, with a mix between…
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2631-3561Online date, start – end:
2018Journal’s owner:
Cairo University(opens new window)Open Access:
open accessEditor:
- Dr Heba Nassar