Fields of Interest

Trade policy, trade in services, global value chains, industrial policy, social policy, MENA region, Euro-Mediterranean partnership, Africa

Publications in Refereed Journals

[1] Aboushady, Nora, Yasmine Kamal and Chahir Zaki (2021): “Disentangling the Impact of Trade Barriers on Wages: Evidence from the MENA Region”, Middle East Development Journal, DOI: 10.1080/17938120.2021.2021364

[2] Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki (2021): “Do Exports and Innovation Matter for the Demand of Skilled Labor? Evidence from MENA Countries”, International Review of Applied Economics, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp.25-44.

[3] Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki (2019): “Investment climate and Trade Margins in Egypt: Which factors do matter?”, Economics Bulletin, Volume 39, Issue 4, pp. 2275-2301, October

[4].Ahmed Ezzat, Riham and Nora Aboushady (2018): “Do Restrictive Regulatory Policies matter for Telecom Performance? Evidence from MENA Countries”, Utilities Policy, Volume 53, pp. 60-72, August

[5].Harb, George and Nora Aboushady (2016): “Arab trade dynamics after the implementation of the Pan Arab Free Trade Area (PAFTA) (1998-2012)” Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, Volume 12, Issue 1, April

Book Chapters

Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki: “On EU-Middle East Trade Relations: Patterns, Policies and Imbalances” in Bouris, D., Huber, D., & Pace, M. (Eds.). (2021). Routledge Handbook of EU–Middle East Relations (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429317873

Reports

[1] Jawad, Rana, Nora Aboushady, Hicham Ait Mansour, Adam Coutts and Nidhal Bencheikh (2018): "New Directions in Social Policy in the MENA Region: Country Cluster Study of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman and Tunisia”, Research report prepared for the UNRISD Project: New Directions in Social Policy: Alternatives from and for the Global South, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, November

[2] Helmy, Omneia, Nora Aboushady and Chahir Zaki (2018): “ The Impact of Egypt-EU Free Trade Agreement on Egypt’s Manufacturing Exports and Employment”, Report published by the Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung, March

[3] Alcidi, Cinzia, Matthias Busse, Chahir Zaki, Nora Aboushady, Nooh Alshayeb, Abdelkader Ait El Mekki, Abdessalam Abbassi, Raoudha Hadhri and Hela Ayari (2017): “Trade and Investment in the Mediterranean, Country and Regional Perspectives: Evolution and Impact of EU-MED Trade Integration in the South-Med”, EMNES Studies, Volume 2, the Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, November

[4] Aboushady, Nora, Anirudh Shingal, Anna Markitanova, Ben Shepherd and Farhad Mohammad (2016): “Strengthening the Compliance of OIC Member Stated with International Standards”, report prepared for the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) Trade Working Group, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, March.

Policy Papers

[1] Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki (2021): “Firms’ Political Connections and Global Value Chains: Evidence from Egypt”, Emerging Economies No.20, Osservatorio Sulle Economie Emergenti, Turin Centre on Emerging Economies, December.

[2] Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki (2021): “Trade and SDGs in the MENA Region: towards a more inclusive trade policy”, Policy Brief No. 56, Economic Research Forum, April.

[3] Aboushady, Nora, Chahir Zaki, Jean-Yves Moisseron and Khaled Guesmi (2019): “Assessing EU- Mediterranean Policies in the Fields of Industry and Energy from a Bottom-UP Perspective “ MEDRESET Policy Paper No.7, Istituto Affari Internazionali, January

[4] Aboushady, Nora and Chahir Zaki (2018): “ Politics affect Exports in Egypt”, Policy Brief No.30, The Economic Research Forum, March

[5] Aboushady, Nora and Nadia Aboushady (2018): “The Social Contract undermined through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes”, MENA-Direkt Kurzanalyse Nr. 17, Centrum für Nah-und Mitteloststudien (CNMS), Philipps Universität Marburg, July