Unprecedented street protests brought down Mubarak's government and ushered in an era
of competition between three rival political groups in Egypt. Using daily variation in the …

A rich investigation into Morocco's urban politics Over the past thirty years, Morocco's cities
have transformed dramatically. To take just one example, Casablanca's medina is now …

What happens in the developing world when stringent regulations characterizing the
investment climate meet weak government willingness or capability to enforce those …

This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded
between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement …

The social contract is the deal between the state and its citizens by which the latter agree the
rule of the former in return for deliverables Over time, the state's deliverables have evolved …

Purpose This paper seeks to investigate to what extent (and why) CSR reporting in
developing countries reflect instrumental and/or “political CSR” motivations and the types of …

Egypt has undergone significant economic liberalization under the auspices of the
International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, USAID, and the European Commission. Yet …

The paper presents the outlines of a coherent, structural, long term account of the socio-
economic and political evolution of the Arab republics that can explain both the persistence …

This paper uses an original database of 469 politically connected firms under the Mubarak
regime inEgypt to explore the economic effects of close state-business relations. Previous …

Purpose This paper investigates the effect of political connections on the capital structure of
banks before and after the financial crisis in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries …