Working Paper – Arab Planning Institute

Conventional and Corrected Measures of Gender-related Development Index (GDI Author: Dr. Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1007 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: The Gender-related Development Index (GDI) developed by the United nations Development Program has been one of the first global instrument to demonstrate that the level of

The Global Financial Crisis and Equity Markets in Middle East Oil Exporting Countries Author: Dr. Ibrahim Onour Series: API/WPS 1009 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: This paper employs extreme downside risk measures to estimate the impact of the global financial crisis in 2008/2009 on equity markets in major

Assessment of Arab Export Competitiveness in International Markets using Trade Indicators Author: Dr. Walid Abdmoulah and Dr. Belkacem Laabas Series: API/WPS 1010 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Most of the Arab countries face the daunting task of accelerating economic growth and creating jobs for a fast growing young

Do Islamic Banks Perform Better than Conventional Banks Author: Hadeel Abu Loghod Series: API/WPS 1011 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Islamic Banking has been growing worldwide significantly in the past three decades and is developing remarkably in the Southeast Asia, Middle East and even in Europe and in

Efficiency of Islamic Banks in Sudan A Non-Parametric Approach Author: Ibrahim A. Onour , Abdelgadir M.A Abdalla Series: API/WPS 1012 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: This paper employs several efficiency measures and productivity changes using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to investigate efficiency performance of Islamic banks in Sudan.

Firm Heterogeneity and Productivity The Contribution of Microdata   Author: Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1013 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: Without claiming to be a comprehensive treatment of all relevant issues related to the firm productivity analysis, this note aims to investigate some areas of inquiry in

The Arab Region's Unemployment Problem Revisited Author: Riadh Ben Jelili Series: API/WPS 1015 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: The Arab world is confronted with an increasing pressure coming from the supply side of the labor market, generated principally by the unemployed persons looking for a job, the new

Forecasting Volatility in Global Food Commodity Prices Author: Ibrahim Onour Series: API/WPS 1101 Publisher: Arab planning institute - Kuwait Description: To forecast volatility in global food commodity prices, in this paper a number of alternative competing models are employed, thin tailed normal distribution, and fat-tailed Student t-distribution GARCH models, beside

A Welfare Analysis of the Price System Reforms' Effects on Poverty in Tunisia Sami Bibi 1999 Throughout the 1980s, the Tunisian economy has faced a deterioration of its external and internal deficits. The reason behind such deterioration may be partly attributed to the rapid consumption growth and to the subsidization

Inter-Arab Trade and The Potential Success of AFTA Dr. Imed Limam , Dr. Adil Abdulla 1998 Trade among Arab countries has been very weak despite previous efforts to engage into different forms of regional economic integration. Using the flexible framework provided by the Gravity Model, the paper gives an order

The Impact of Euro-Mediterranean Partnerships on Trade Interests of the OIC Countries Dr. Adil Abdulla September 1997 Using a measure of commodity composition of trade, that provides insights on the export potential of countries and the bilateral trade possibilities between them, it appears that the Euro-Med agreements are likely to

A Socio-Economic Taxonomy of Arab Countries Imed Limam January 1998 Many classifications of Arab countries are based on arbitrary criteria and on a subjective delimitation of groups that rely on commonly used stereotypes. These classifications have also neglected several important socio-economic characteristics of the Arab countries. The paper attempts to

Project Financing and Risk Analysis Riad Dahel November 1997 In response to both the low quality of services provided in most developing countries and the budget constraints faced by governments, the private sector is increasingly involved in infrastructure. In this paper, the scope is limited to the concession form of