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Ishac Diwan

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First Name:Ishac
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Last Name:Diwan
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RePEc Short-ID:pdi496
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(60%) Economic Research Forum (ERF)

Cairo, Egypt
http://www.erf.org.eg/
RePEc:edi:erfaceg (more details at EDIRC)

(40%) Paris School of Economics

Paris, France
http://www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/
RePEc:edi:eeparfr (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Diwan, Ishac & Haidar, Jamal Ibrahim, 2020. "Political Connections Reduce Job Creation: Firm-level Evidence from Lebanon," MPRA Paper 112109, University Library of Munich, Germany.
  2. Melani Cammett & Ishac Diwan & Andrew Leber, 2019. "Is Oil Wealth Good for Private Sector Development?," Working Papers 1299, Economic Research Forum, revised 2019.
  3. Ishac Diwan & Irina Vartanova, 2018. "Does Education Indoctrinate? The Effect of Education on Political Preferences In Democracies and Autocracies," Working Papers 1178, Economic Research Forum, revised 12 Apr 2018.
  4. Jackline Wahba & Ishac Diwan & Michele Tuccio, 2017. "Diaspora Networks as a Bridge between Civilizations," Working Papers 1094, Economic Research Forum, revised 05 Nov 2017.
  5. Ishac Diwan & Irina Vartanova, 2017. "The Effect of Patriarchal Culture on Women’s Labor Force Participation," Working Papers 1101, Economic Research Forum, revised 06 Jan 2017.
  6. Mohamad Al-Ississ & Ishac Diwan, 2016. "Individual Preferences for Democracy In the Arab World Explaining the Gap," Working Papers 981, Economic Research Forum, revised Mar 2016.
  7. Ishac Diwan & Jeni Klugman, 2016. "Patterns of Veiling Among Muslim Women," Working Papers 995, Economic Research Forum, revised Apr 2016.
  8. Ishac Diwan & Marc Schiffbauer, 2016. "Private Banking and Crony Capitalism in Egypt," Working Papers 1073, Economic Research Forum, revised 12 2016.
  9. El Mouhoub Mouhoud & Ishac Diwan, 2016. "Regional and Global Integration," Post-Print hal-01873776, HAL.
  10. Zafiris Tzannatos & Ishac Diwan & Joanna Abdel Ahad, 2016. "Rates of Return to Education in Twenty Two Arab Countries: an Update and Comparison Between MENA and the Rest of the World," Working Papers 1007, Economic Research Forum, revised May 2016.
  11. Diwan,Ishac & Keefer,Philip E. & Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias, 2015. "Pyramid capitalism : political connections, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7354, The World Bank.
  12. Ishac Diwan & Tarik Akin, 2015. "Fifty Years of Fiscal Policy in the Arab Region," Working Papers 914, Economic Research Forum, revised May 2015.
  13. Ishac Diwan & Philip Keefer & Marc Schiffbauer, 2015. "Pyramid Capitalism: Cronyism, Regulation, and Firm Productivity in Egypt," CID Working Papers 291, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  14. Diwan, Ishac & Gaddah, Olivier & Osire, Rosie, 2014. "Looking Like an Industry: Supporting Commercial Agriculture in Africa," Working Paper Series rwp14-002, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
  15. Ishac Diwan, 2013. "Who are the Democrats? Leading Opinions in the Wake of Egypt’s 2011 Popular Uprisings," CID Working Papers 256, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  16. Hamouda Chekir & Ishac Diwan, 2013. "Distressed Whales on the Nile – Egypt Capitalists in the Wake of the 2010 Revolution," Working Papers 747, Economic Research Forum, revised Apr 2013.
  17. Ishac Diwan, 2012. "A Rational Framework for the Understanding of the Arab Revolutions," CID Working Papers 237, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  18. Hamouda Chekir & Ishac Diwan, 2012. "Crony Capitalism in Egypt," CID Working Papers 250, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
  19. Ishac Diwan, 2012. "Understanding Revolution in the Middle East: The Central Role of the Middle Class," Working Papers 726, Economic Research Forum, revised 2012.
  20. Birdsall, Nancy & Diwan, Ishac & Claessens, Stijn, 2002. "Will HIPC Matter? The Debt Game and Donor Behaviour in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 3297, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  21. Ishac Diwan & Zafiris Tzannatos, 2002. "Debunking Myth: Economic Values in the Arab World Through the Prism of Opinion Polls," Working Papers 1104, Economic Research Forum, revised 06 Aug 2002.
  22. Nancy Birdsall & Stijn Claessens & Ishac Diwan, 2002. "Policy Selectivity Foregone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa," Working Papers 17, Center for Global Development.
  23. Yi Chen & Diwan, Ishac, 2000. "When the bureaucrats move out of business : a cost-benefit assessment of labor retrenchment in China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2354, The World Bank.
  24. Diwan, Ishac & Hoekman, Bernard, 1999. "Competition, Complementarity and Contagion in East Asia," CEPR Discussion Papers 2112, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  25. Ishac Diwan & M. Walton, 1996. "Opening up and Distribution in the Middle East & North Africa: The Poor, The Unemployed and The Public Sector," Working Papers 9616, Economic Research Forum, revised 06 Jun 1996.
  26. Ishac Diwan & Lyn Squire & J. Underwood, 1994. "External Finance in the Middle East: Trends and Prospects," Working Papers 9402, Economic Research Forum, revised 02 Mar 1994.
  27. Ishac Diwan & M. Walton, 1994. "Palestine: From Dependent to Autonomous Growth," Working Papers 9409, Economic Research Forum, revised 07 Jul 1994.
  28. Diwan, Ishac & Errunza, Vihang & Senbet, Lemma W., 1993. "Empirical perspectives on national index funds," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1206, The World Bank.
  29. Demirguc-Kunt, A. & Diwan, I. & Spiegel, M.M., 1993. "Heterogeneity in Bank Valuation of LCD Debt: Evidence from the 1988 Brazilian Debt-Reduction Program," Working Papers 93-33, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  30. Diwan, I. & Rodrik, D., 1992. "External Debt, Adjustment, and Burden Sharing: A Unified Framework," Princeton Studies in International Economics 73, International Economics Section, Departement of Economics Princeton University,.
  31. Claessens,Constantijn A. & Diwan, Ishac & Fernandez-, 1992. "Recent experience with commercial bank debt r eduction," Policy Research Working Paper Series 995, The World Bank.
  32. Ishac Diwan & Dani Rodrik, 1992. "Debt Reduction, Adjustment Lending, and Burden Sharing," NBER Working Papers 4007, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  33. Diwan, Ishac & Errunza, Vihang & Senbet, Lemma W., 1992. "The pricing of country funds and their role in capital mobilization for emerging economies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1058, The World Bank.
  34. Diwan, Ishac & Verdier, Thierry, 1991. "Distributional aspects of debt adjustment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 657, The World Bank.
  35. Diwan, Ishac & Saldanha, Fernando, 1991. "Long term prospects in Eastern Europe : the role of external finance in an era of change," Policy Research Working Paper Series 695, The World Bank.
  36. Diwan, Ishac & Spiegel, Mark M., 1991. "Are Buybacks Back? Menu-Driven Debt-Reduction in Schemes with Heterogeneous Creditors," Working Papers 91-05, C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, New York University.
  37. Diwan, Ishac & Spiegel, Mark M., 1991. "Are buybacks back? Menu-driven debt-reduction schemes with heterogenous creditors," Policy Research Working Paper Series 675, The World Bank.
  38. Diwan, I. & Verdier, T., 1991. "External Debt Adjustment generate Domestic Conflicts," DELTA Working Papers 91-20, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure).
  39. Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac, 1990. "Methodological issues in evaluating debt - reducing deals," Policy Research Working Paper Series 408, The World Bank.
  40. Diwan, Ishac & Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, 1990. "The menu approach to developing country external debt : an analysis of commercial banks'choice behavior," Policy Research Working Paper Series 530, The World Bank.
  41. Diwan, Ishac & Kletzer, Ken, 1990. "Voluntary choices in concerted deals : mechanics and attributes of the menu approach," Policy Research Working Paper Series 527, The World Bank.
  42. Diwan, Ishac & Claessens, Stijn, 1989. "An analysis of debt-reduction schemes initiated by debtor countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 153, The World Bank.
  43. Ishac Diwan & Dani Rodrik, 1989. "Patents, Appropriate Technology, and North-South Trade," NBER Working Papers 2974, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  44. Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac, 1989. "Conditionality and debt relief," Policy Research Working Paper Series 213, The World Bank.
  45. Acharya, Sankarshan & Diwan, Ishac, 1989. "Sovereign debt buybacks as a signal of creditworthiness," Policy Research Working Paper Series 318, The World Bank.
  46. Diwan, Ishac, 1988. "Linking development, trade, and debt strategies in highly indebted countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 127, The World Bank.
  47. Diwan, Ishac & Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, "undated". "Do Political Connections Reduce Job Creation? Evidence from Lebanon," Working Paper 414186, Harvard University OpenScholar.

Articles

  1. Ishac Diwan & Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, 2021. "Political Connections Reduce Job Creation: Firm-level Evidence from Lebanon," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(8), pages 1373-1396, August.
  2. Ishac Diwan & Philip Keefer & Marc Schiffbauer, 2020. "Pyramid capitalism: Cronyism, regulation, and firm productivity in Egypt," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 211-246, January.
  3. Diwan, Ishac & Vartanova, Irina, 2020. "Does education indoctrinate?," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
  4. Diwan, Ishac & Schiffbauer, Marc, 2018. "Private banking and crony capitalism in Egypt," Business and Politics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(3), pages 390-409, September.
  5. Ishac Diwan & Zafiris Tzannatos & Tarik Akin, 2018. "Debunking myth: economic values in the Arab World through the prism of opinion polls," Middle East Development Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(1), pages 31-63, January.
  6. Diwan, Ishac & Schiffbauer, Marc, 2018. "Private banking and crony capitalism in Egypt—CORRIGENDUM," Business and Politics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 20(3), pages 465-465, September.
  7. Mohamad Al-Ississ & Ishac Diwan, 2016. "Preference for Democracy in the Arab World," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 4(4), pages 16-26.
  8. Chekir Hamouda & Diwan Ishac, 2014. "Crony Capitalism in Egypt," Journal of Globalization and Development, De Gruyter, vol. 5(2), pages 177-211, December.
  9. Ishac Diwan, 2013. "Introduction: Political And Economic Transformations In The Arab World," Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(01), pages 1-5.
  10. Ishac Diwan, 2013. "Understanding Revolution In The Middle East: The Central Role Of The Middle Class," Middle East Development Journal (MEDJ), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 5(01), pages 1-30.
  11. Nancy Birdsall & Stijn Claessens & Ishac Diwan, 2003. "Policy Selectivity Forgone: Debt and Donor Behavior in Africa," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 17(3), pages 409-435, December.
  12. Diwan, Ishac & Walton, Michael, 1997. "How International Exchange, Technology, and Institutions Affect Workers: An Introduction," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 11(1), pages 1-15, January.
  13. Demirguc-Kunt, Ash & Diwan, Ishac & Spiegel, Mark M., 1997. "Heterogeneity in bank valuation of LDC debt: Evidence from the 1988 Brazilian debt-reduction program," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 39(3), pages 535-550, August.
  14. Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac, 1994. "Recent experience with commercial bank debt reduction: Has the "menu" outdone the market?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 22(2), pages 201-213, February.
  15. Diwan, Ishac & Spiegel, Mark M., 1994. "Are buybacks back? Menu-driven debt reduction schemes with heterogeneous creditors," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 279-293, October.
  16. Acharya, Sankarshan & Diwan, Ishac, 1993. "Debt Buybacks Signal Sovereign Countries' Creditworthiness: Theory and Tests," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 34(4), pages 795-817, November.
  17. Diwan, Ishac & Kletzer, Kenneth, 1992. "Voluntary Choices in Concerted Deals: The Menu Approach to Debt Reduction in Developing Countries," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 6(1), pages 91-108, January.
  18. Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac, 1991. "The LDC debt crisis: Who gains from debt reductions?," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 3(2), pages 181-202, September.
  19. Diwan, Ishac & Rodrik, Dani, 1991. "Patents, appropriate technology, and North-South trade," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 30(1-2), pages 27-47, February.
  20. Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac, 1990. "Investment Incentives: New Money, Debt Relief, and the Critical Role of Conditionality in the Debt Crisis," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 4(1), pages 21-41, January.
  21. Diwan, Ishac, 1990. "Linking trade and external debt strategies," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 29(3-4), pages 293-310, November.
  22. Diwan, Ishac, 1989. "Foreign debt, crowding out and capital flight," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 8(1), pages 121-136, March.

Chapters

  1. Ishac Diwan & Homi Kharas, 2022. "Green Finance – The Road from Billions to Trillions," Chapters, in: Lili Yan Ing & Dani Rodrik (ed.), New Normal, New Technologies, New Financing, chapter 11, pages 130-140, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
  2. Ishac Diwan & Ahmed Galal, 2016. "Puzzles and Clues — An Overview," International Economic Association Series, in: Ishac Diwan & Ahmed Galal (ed.), The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition, pages 1-23, Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. Ishac Diwan & El Mouhoub Mouhoud, 2016. "Regional and Global Integration," International Economic Association Series, in: Ishac Diwan & Ahmed Galal (ed.), The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition, chapter 3, pages 99-128, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Melani Cammett & Ishac Diwan, 2016. "The Roll-Back of the State and the Rise of Crony Capitalism," International Economic Association Series, in: Ishac Diwan & Ahmed Galal (ed.), The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition, chapter 2, pages 63-98, Palgrave Macmillan.
  5. Ishac Diwan, 2014. "Understanding Revolution In The Middle East: The Central Role Of The Middle Class," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Ishac Diwan (ed.), UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ARAB UPRISINGS, chapter 3, pages 29-56, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  6. Ishac Diwan, 2014. "Introduction," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Ishac Diwan (ed.), UNDERSTANDING THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE ARAB UPRISINGS, chapter 1, pages 1-13, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
  7. Ishac Diwan & Chang–Po Yang & Zhi Wang, 1998. "The Arab Economies, the Uruguay Round Predicament, and the European Union Wildcard," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Nemat Shafik (ed.), Prospects for Middle Eastern and North African Economies, chapter 3, pages 47-95, Palgrave Macmillan.

Books

  1. Ishac Diwan & Ahmed Galal (ed.), 2016. "The Middle East Economies in Times of Transition," International Economic Association Series, Palgrave Macmillan, number 978-1-137-52977-0, December.
  2. Ishac Diwan (ed.), 2014. "Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings," World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., number 9114, December.

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  1. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (10) 2015-07-11 2016-07-16 2017-03-12 2017-03-12 2017-03-19 2017-03-19 2017-03-26 2017-04-09 2017-05-07 2022-04-25. Author is listed
  2. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (6) 2016-07-16 2017-03-12 2017-03-12 2017-03-19 2017-04-09 2019-01-21. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AFR: Africa (2) 2015-07-11 2017-03-12
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (2) 2003-03-14 2014-11-12
  5. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2017-05-21 2019-01-21
  6. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (1) 2014-11-12
  7. NEP-BEC: Business Economics (1) 2015-07-11
  8. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2015-07-11
  9. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2019-04-22
  10. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2016-07-16
  11. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (1) 2017-03-26
  12. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2017-05-07
  13. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2017-05-07

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