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  1. COVID-19 and violent actors in the global south
    an inter- and cross-regional comparison
    Author: Bank, André; Deepen, Yannick; Grauvogel, Julia; Kurtenbach, Sabine
    Published: May 2022
    Publisher:  German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany

    This Working Paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North... more

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    This Working Paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and subSaharan Africa. Cross-regional case comparisons shed further light on the similarities and differences of countries characterised by long-term armed conflict (Colombia, Iraq, Nigeria) or having transitioned from authoritarianism but facing inequality and political exclusion (Chile, Tunisia, South Africa). We identify a temporal variation: Initially, state armed actors' new responsibilities to implement COVID-19-related control measures led to an increase in violence against civilians, but over time there was a decrease. We also find that COVID-19 had an early demobilising effect vis-à-vis protest and mob violence, a consequence of lockdowns and mobility restrictions. Yet, protest has quickly returned to pre-pandemic levels in many countries, underlining continued - sometimes aggravated -grievances. Moreover, different violent actors' responses to the pandemic were decisively shaped by their respective conflict histories.

     
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    Series: GIGA working papers ; no 329
    GIGA Research Programme: Peace and Security
    Subjects: COVID-19; Miliz; Politisches System; Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben; COVID-19; violence; Global South; Latin America and Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; sub-Saharan Africa
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  2. COVID-19 and violent actors in the global south
    an inter- and cross-regional comparison
    Author: Bank, André; Deepen, Yannick; Grauvogel, Julia; Kurtenbach, Sabine
    Published: May 2022
    Publisher:  German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany

    This Working Paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North... more

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    This Working Paper examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on state and non-state violent actors in the Global South. We provide an ACLED-based interregional mapping of trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, and subSaharan Africa. Cross-regional case comparisons shed further light on the similarities and differences of countries characterised by long-term armed conflict (Colombia, Iraq, Nigeria) or having transitioned from authoritarianism but facing inequality and political exclusion (Chile, Tunisia, South Africa). We identify a temporal variation: Initially, state armed actors' new responsibilities to implement COVID-19-related control measures led to an increase in violence against civilians, but over time there was a decrease. We also find that COVID-19 had an early demobilising effect vis-à-vis protest and mob violence, a consequence of lockdowns and mobility restrictions. Yet, protest has quickly returned to pre-pandemic levels in many countries, underlining continued - sometimes aggravated -grievances. Moreover, different violent actors' responses to the pandemic were decisively shaped by their respective conflict histories.

     
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    Series: GIGA working papers ; no 329
    GIGA Research Programme: Peace and Security
    Subjects: COVID-19; Miliz; Politisches System; Behörden und Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben; COVID-19; violence; Global South; Latin America and Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; sub-Saharan Africa
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  3. Subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
    strategic options and their consequences for the social contract
    Author: Auktor, Georgeta Vidican; Loewe, Markus
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH, Bonn

    After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Governments spent heavily to reduce poverty and strengthen their own legitimacy. However, as government... more

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    After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Governments spent heavily to reduce poverty and strengthen their own legitimacy. However, as government rents faded, subsidy spending became financially unsustainable and foreign donors pressed for reforms. Yet, reform has been challenging for all the governments as subsidies affect all consumers, therefore raising the risk of government delegitimisation. Several publications have analysed the subsidy reforms of various MENA countries, but few have systematically analysed their impacts on the prevailing social contracts. This paper shows that reforms in a key policy field such as subsidy spending can affect the nature of social contracts profoundly and distinctly, depending on the reform strategy. It assesses the reform processes that took place in Morocco, Egypt and Iran primarily between 2010 and 2017, thus before the United States once more tightened sanctions against Iran and before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. We argue that governments applied distinct strategies to reduce subsidy spending without provoking major social unrest to reforms, with the effect that the social contracts of the three countries changed in quite different ways. Morocco’s government removed most subsidies, especially those that predominantly benefitted the middle-class. [...]

     
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    Series: Discussion paper / German Development Institute ; 2021, 12
    Subjects: Subvention; Sozialhilfe; Soziale Sicherheit; Politische Reform; Forderung; Ziel; Politische Beteiligung; Subsidy reform; government spending; social contract; government legitimacy; social policy; Middle East and North Africa; Morocco; Egypt; Iran; protection; provision; political participation; subsidies; social cash transfers; public dialogue; information of public policies; repression; compensation measures
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  4. Reading between the lines
    a text-mining approach to navigate the effects of Arab revolutions on Moody's rating scrutiny patterns in the Mena region
    Author: Ragab, Ahmed
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies, [Cairo]

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    Series: [Working papers] / The Egyptian Center for Economic Studies ; WP no. 222 (March 2022)
    Subjects: Ratings and Ratings Agencies; Sovereign Ratings Scrutiny; Content Analysis of Ratings; Mixed Effects Models; Middle East and North Africa
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  5. Financialization, growth, and the resource curse
    evidence from the MENA region
    Author: Özmen, Erdal; Taşdemir, Fatma
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  Economic Research Forum (ERF), Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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    Series: ERF working papers series ; no. 1567 (August 2022)
    Subjects: Middle East and North Africa; financial development; international financial integration; resource curse; growth; panel threshold model
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  6. Small and medium enterprises in emerging economies
    the Achilles' heel of corporate ESG responsibility practices?
    Author: Ferrazzi, Matteo; Tueske, Annamaria
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  European Investment Bank, [Luxembourg]

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    Series: Economics
    MENA enterprise survey report working papers ; volume 4
    Subjects: ESG; environmental; social; governance; sustainability; corporate responsibility; SME; Middle East and North Africa; index aggregation
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  7. Management practices and the partial government ownership of firms in the Middle East and North Africa
    Author: Islam, Asif M.; Gatti, Roberta
    Published: [2022]
    Publisher:  European Investment Bank, [Luxembourg]

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    Series: Economics
    MENA enterprise survey report working papers ; volume 7
    Subjects: Management Practices; Middle East and North Africa; Government Ownership
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  8. Exogenous vs. endogenous obstacles to funding female entrepreneurs in MENA countries
    Author: Adair, Philippe; Berguiga, Imène
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Érudite laboratoire d'économie Paris-Est, [Marne-la-Vallée]

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    Series: Series of ERUDITE working papers ; no 2021, 13
    Subjects: Bank credit; Discrimination; Entrepreneurs; Gender; Logistic regressions; Microfinance; Middle East and North Africa; Self-selection
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 22 Seiten)
  9. A multidimensional approach to measuring vulnerability to poverty of Syrian refugees in Lebanon
    Author: Lyons, Angela C.; Kass-Hanna, Josephine; Montoya Castano, Alejandro
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Economic Research Forum (ERF), Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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    Series: ERF working papers series ; no. 1472 (April 2021)
    Subjects: multidimensional poverty; poverty measurement; vulnerability; economic livelihoods; refugees; humanitarian assistance; Middle East and North Africa
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 44 Seiten), Illustrationen
  10. Subsidy reforms in the Middle East and North Africa
    strategic options and their consequences for the social contract
    Author: Auktor, Georgeta Vidican; Loewe, Markus
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH, Bonn

    After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Governments spent heavily to reduce poverty and strengthen their own legitimacy. However, as government... more

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    After independence, energy and food subsidies became a cornerstone of the social contracts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries. Governments spent heavily to reduce poverty and strengthen their own legitimacy. However, as government rents faded, subsidy spending became financially unsustainable and foreign donors pressed for reforms. Yet, reform has been challenging for all the governments as subsidies affect all consumers, therefore raising the risk of government delegitimisation. Several publications have analysed the subsidy reforms of various MENA countries, but few have systematically analysed their impacts on the prevailing social contracts. This paper shows that reforms in a key policy field such as subsidy spending can affect the nature of social contracts profoundly and distinctly, depending on the reform strategy. It assesses the reform processes that took place in Morocco, Egypt and Iran primarily between 2010 and 2017, thus before the United States once more tightened sanctions against Iran and before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. We argue that governments applied distinct strategies to reduce subsidy spending without provoking major social unrest to reforms, with the effect that the social contracts of the three countries changed in quite different ways. Morocco’s government removed most subsidies, especially those that predominantly benefitted the middle-class. [...]

     
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    Subjects: Subvention; Sozialhilfe; Soziale Sicherheit; Politische Reform; Forderung; Ziel; Politische Beteiligung; Subsidy reform; government spending; social contract; government legitimacy; social policy; Middle East and North Africa; Morocco; Egypt; Iran; protection; provision; political participation; subsidies; social cash transfers; public dialogue; information of public policies; repression; compensation measures
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  11. Covid-19 and food security challenges in the MENA region
    Author: Mandour, Dina Atef
    Published: [2021]
    Publisher:  Economic Research Forum (ERF), Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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    Series: ERF working papers series ; no. 1506 (November 2021)
    Subjects: Food security; Food insecurity; Covid-19; Pandemic; Middle East and North Africa
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  12. Preferences and the puzzle of female labor force participation
    Author: Majbouri, Mahdi
    Published: [2023]
    Publisher:  Economic Research Forum (ERF), Dokki, Giza, Egypt

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    Series: ERF working papers series ; no. 1675 (November 2023)
    Subjects: Labor Supply; Preferences toward job attributes; Middle East and North Africa
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