Report NEP-ARA-2026-02-16

This is the archive for NEP-ARA, a report on new working papers in the area of MENA - Middle East and North Africa. Paul Makdissi issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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The following items were announced in this report:

• Jamel Boukhatem & Marouane Alaya, 2025, "A Dynamic Spatiotemporal Analysis of Growth Convergence, Natural Disasters, and Climate Change in the MENA Region," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1797, Oct, revised 20 Oct 2025.
• Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Jerg Gutmann, 2025, "Intensity of International Sanctions and Internal Conflict: The Case of Iran," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1786, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Mohammad Reza Farzanegan & Nader Habibi, 2025, "The Effect of International Sanctions on the Size of the Middle Class in Iran," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1782, Jul, revised 20 Jul 2025.
• Cansu Bahçeci & Senay Birecikli & Oznur & Eleftherios Giovanis, 2025, "The Causal Effect of 2012 Compulsory Education Law on NEET in Türkiye: A Regression Discontinuity Design," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1788, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Mesbah Fathy Sharaf & Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen & Mansour Abdullateef Alharaib, 2025, "Digital Financial Inclusion and Socioeconomic Sustainability in Saudi Arabia: Drivers, Disparities, and Policy Pathways," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1783, Jul, revised 20 Jul 2025.
• Vladimir Hlasny & Yasmine Abdelfattah & Shireen AlAzzawi & Hala Abou-Ali & Rania Megally, 2025, "Powering Minds, Empowering Lives: Understanding The Effects of Energy Poverty- Low-Carbon Energy Transition Nexus on Children in MENA," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1789, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Nadine Yamout, 2025, "Fiscal Limits in the MENA Region: A Structural Analysis of Debt Sustainability," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1787, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Helmi Mansour & Monia Ghazali, 2025, "The Impact of Soft Power on Inward Foreign Direct Investment in The MENA Region," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1794, Sep, revised 20 Sep 2025.
• Marina Hesham & Ariane Dupont-Kieffer & Racha Ramadan & Hanan Nazier, 2025, "Harassment and Female Labor Force Participation: Micro-Level Evidence in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1790, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Mustapha Jouili & Mohamed Amine Welleni, 2025, "Explaining the Increase in Food Subsidy Expenditures in Tunisia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1816, Dec, revised 15 Dec 2025.
• Mesbah Fathy Sharaf & Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen & Mansour Abdullateef Alharaib, 2025, "Tracing the COVID-19 Footprint: A Sectoral Interrupted Time Series Analysis of Real Estate Price Dynamics in Saudi Arabia," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1781, Jul, revised 20 Jul 2025.
• Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali & Ebaidallah Mahjoub Ebaidallah & Manal Osman Elhaj, 2025, "The Interplay Between Fertility and Female Labor Market Dynamics in the Arab Region: A Panel Time Series Analysis," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1792, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Mounir Bellari & Hanane El Amraoui, 2025, "The relationship between SCM digitalization and earnings management: The case of Moroccan companies listed on the Casablanca stock exchange
  [La relation entre la digitalisation de la chaîne logistique (SCM) et la gestion des résultats : Le cas des," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05379537, Oct, DOI: 10.55214/2576-8484.v9i10.10609.
• Yusra Alkasasbeh, 2025, "Childhood Vows, Career Costs: The Impacts of Early Marriage and Childbirth on Women’s Employment in Egypt - Evidence from ELMPS 2023," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1785, Jul, revised 20 Jul 2025.
• Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali1 & Hamed Najaf, 2025, "The Role of FDI in Boosting Peacebuilding in Sudan via Promoting Youth Employability," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1775, May, revised 20 May 2025.
• Wafa Khémiri, 2025, "Does High Liquidity Creation Reduce the Efficiency of GCC Islamic Banks? The Role of Sustainability and Governance Factors," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1793, Sep, revised 20 Sep 2025.
• Marina Hesham & Ariane Dupont-Kieffer & Racha Ramadan, 2025, "The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children’s Health Outcomes in Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1795, Sep, revised 20 Sep 2025.
• Yusra Alkasasbeh, 2025, "Women’s Agency in Jordan: The Impact of Marriage and Motherhood Moderated by Education," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1776, May, revised 20 May 2025.
• Mohamed Amara, 2025, "Migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa in Tunisia: A Storm in a Teacup?," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1815, Dec, revised 15 Dec 2025.
• Mustapha Chaffai & Amir Saadaoui & Imam Mohammad, 2025, "Investor Herding and Islamic Moral Economy and Finance: Evidence in the Islamic Banking Sector of the GCC Stock Market," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1817, Dec, revised 15 Dec 2025.
• Asena Caner & Belgi Turan & Berna Tari Kasnakoglu & Yenal Can Yigit & Donald S. Kenkel & Donald S. Kenkel & Alan D. Mathios, 2025, "The Impact of Price, Legality, and Flavor Availability on Consumer Decisions: A Discrete Choice Analysis of Nicotine Products in an Illicit Market," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1791, Aug, revised 20 Aug 2025.
• Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali & Haytham Abdelghfar Abdallah, 2025, "Impact of the Chikungunya Epidemic on Household Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Kassala State, Sudan," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1784, Jul, revised 20 Jul 2025.
• Narimen Rdhaounia & Malek Elweriemmi & Mohamed Kouni, 2026, "The Complex Trilogy of Shadow Economy, Inflation, and Economic Growth," EERI Research Paper Series, Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI), Brussels, number EERI RP 2026/03, Jan.
• Mohammed Elhaj Mustafa Ali & Abdul-Hameed Elias Suliman, 2025, "Does the Inverted U-Shaped Kuznets Environmental Curve Hold for Sudan? Evidence from the ARDL Approach," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1777, May, revised 20 May 2025.
• Heba Y. Hashem & Mahmoud Mohieldin & Mamdouh Abdelmoula M. Abdelsalam, 2025, "Domestic and External Determinants of Inflation: An Empirical Investigation for Egypt," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1779, Jun, revised 20 Jun 2025.
• David Koll & Andrea Medici & Ms. Marina Mendes Tavares & Mr. Masashi Saito, 2026, "Structural Reforms in Saudi Arabia Since 2016," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2026/014, Jan.
• Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel & Dozie Okoye & Belgi Turan, 2025, "Stuck in War: The PKK Conflict and Intergenerational Outcomes in Turkiye," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1818, Dec, revised 20 Dec 2025.
• Azizi, Hamidreza & Werenfels, Isabelle, 2026, "Reclaiming Iraqi agency: Post-election dynamics and challenges," SWP Comments, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs, number 3/2026, DOI: 10.18449/2026C03.
• Yusra Alkasasbeh, 2025, "Bridging Education and Fertility:Unraveling the Role of Gender Attitudes," Working Papers, Economic Research Forum, number 1780, Jun, revised 20 Jun 2025.
• Sanaa Dfouf & Kaoutar Errakha & Hanan Elharissi & Mohammed Khaouja & Fekkak Hamdi, 2025, "Artificial Intelligence for Data-Driven Marketing: Catalyst for Digital Business Transformation," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05383511, Nov, DOI: 10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V73I11P102.
• Diouani Hela, 2025, "From Relational Learning to Customer Value Creation: An Empirical Study in the Tunisian Retail Banking Sector," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05380648, Nov, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17579422.
• Nour Nsiri & Georgios Kleftodimos & Sophie Drogué, 2025, "Efficiency of agricultural systems in Morocco: A meta-frontier analysis of resource use and water management," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05398998, Dec, DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2025.109912.
• Ahmed Azougagh & Soussi Charaf Eddine, 2025, "Participatory governance, a determining factor for ensuring sustainable territorial development: Case of the Fez-Meknes region
  [La gouvernance participative facteur déterminant pour garantir un développement territorial durable : Cas de la région ," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05389267, Nov, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17717575.
• Chaimae Lazzarou, 2026, "Measuring Natural Interest Rate in Morocco," IHEID Working Papers, Economics Section, The Graduate Institute of International Studies, number 01-2026, Feb.
• Riga Qi, 2025, "Destroy and Build? Economic Effects of Centres de Regroupement in the Algerian War," CERGE-EI Working Papers, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, Prague, number wp806, Dec.
• Delespesse, Elise & Martin-Shields, Charles, 2026, "Favoriser la cohésion sociale dans les contextes frontaliers: Leçons tirées de l'expérience des communautés d'accueil et des migrants à Casablanca," IDOS Policy Briefs, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, number 1/2026, DOI: 10.23661/ipb1.2026.