Research
Fields of Interest
My research examines issues in development economics, primarily labor, entrepreneurship, education, health, inequality and poverty in the MENA countries.
Academic Publications
Hlasny, V., Rizk, R., & Rostom, N. (2024). The impact of COVID-19 on women’s labour market outcomes: evidence from four MENA countries. International Journal of Manpower.
Krafft, C.& Rizk, R. (2021),The promise and peril of youth entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa, International Journal of Manpower, Vol 42.No.28.
Inayatullah, S., Jacob, A. & Rizk, R. (2020) Alibaba and the Golden Key: Scenarios of Manufacturing Futures in Egypt, Journal of Futures Studies and the UN platform.
Mustafa,M, Ebaidalla,E & Rizk,R.(2020), Foreign Aid and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in SSA Countries: Does Institutional Development Matter?, Int. J. Sustainable Economy.
Badr, K., Rizk, R., Zaki, C., & Badr, K. (2019). Firm productivity and agglomeration economies: Evidence from Egyptian Data, Applied Economics.
Rizk, R. (2018), Returns to education in MENA countries: A continuing story of under-achievement, International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Vol.10 ,No.4.
Rizk, R. (2018), Demographic Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from Egypt, Journal of North African Studies, 1-24.
Elamin, O., Rizk, R., & Adams, J. (2018), Private tutoring and parents’ decision to work more: evidence from Egypt. Education Economics, 1-23.
Rizk, R., & Slimane, M. B. (2018). Modelling the relationship between poverty, environment, and institutions: a panel data study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(31), 31459-31473.
Al-Ayouty,E ;Hassaballah, H and R. Rizk (2017), Clean manufacturing industries and environmental quality :The case of Egypt, Environmental Development, 21 (2017)19–25.
Rizk, R. and Owusu-Afriyie (2014), Determinants of household expenditure on Children’s education in Egypt, International Journal of Education Economics and Development, Vol. 5, No. 4.
Rizk, R. (2012), Governance and its impact on Poverty Reduction: Is there a role for Knowledge Management? The International Journal of Innovation and Knowledge Management, 1, 1, 80-104.
Working papers
Hendy, R., Ramadan, R., and Rizk, R. (2022).Is Covid-19 Increasing Inequalities in Jordan? , ERF Policy Report, No.41.
Rizk, R. (2022). Drivers of inequality of education during COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan , ERF working paper.
Rizk, R. and Rostom, N. (2021). Inequality of education attainment in Jordan: Patterns and trends, ERF working paper, No. 1491.
Rizk, R., & Salemi, C. (2020). Child of war: Conflict and child welfare in Iraq, ERF working paper No.1439.
Rizk, R. and Hawash, R. (2020). Education gap and youth: A growing challenge in the MENA region, ERF-LIZ working paper, No.1394.
Rizk, R. (2020). Do Parents Compensate or Reinforce Child Ability Gaps: Evidence from Egypt Using Private Tutoring, ERF working paper, No.1451.
Rizk,R. & Rashed A.(2019). Trends and patterns of women’s entrepreneurship in Egypt, ERF working paper No.1369.
Badr, K., Rizk, R., Zaki, C., & Badr, K. (2018). Firm productivity and agglomeration economies: Evidence from Egyptian Data, ERF working paper No.1239.
Rizk, R., & Salemi, C. (2018). Own account workers in Jordan: Profile and work characteristics, ERF working paper No.1218.
Krafft, C. and Rizk, R. (2018). The promise and peril of youth Entrepreneurship in the MENA region, ERF working paper No.1257.
Rizk, R and R. Nogales (2017). Revisiting the Middle-Class Myth: Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis of Social Progress, Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 1139.
Rizk, R. and H. Abou-Ali (2016), Out of pocket Health expenditure and household budget: Evidence from Arab countries, Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 1065.
Rizk, R. (2016), Returns to education: An updated comparison from Arab countries, Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 986.
Rizk, R. and H. Abou-Ali (2016), Out of pocket education expenditure and household budget: Evidence from Arab Countries, Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 986.
Rizk, R. and H. Abou-Ali (2015), Informality and socio-economic Wellbeing of women in Egypt, Economic Research Forum Working Paper No. 910.
Abou-Ali, H. and R. Rizk (2015), MSEs informality and productivity: Evidence from Egypt, Economic Research Forum Working paper, No. 916.
Books
Rizk,R. and Rashed,A.(2022)“Trends and Determinants of Women’s Entrepreneurship in Egypt”, in “The Egyptian labor Market: A focus on gender and economic vulnerability”, edited by Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft, Oxford University Press.
Rizk,R. and Abd el Moniem, M (2020). “Egypt and the Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”, in “Good Public Governance in a Global Pandemic ”,edited by Paul Joyce, Fabienne Maron, & Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy, The International Institute of Administrative Sciences, Brussels.
Rizk,R., and Colette,S. (2019) “Own account workers in Jordan: Profile and work characteristics”, in “The Jordanian Labor Market: Between Fragility and Resilience”, edited by Ragui Assaad and Caroline Krafft, Cambridge University Press.
Blogs
Economies of agglomeration and firm productivity in Egypt (2019), The ERF Forum, with Karim Badr and Chahir Zaki
Inequality of income and education in Jordan (2022) , ERF Policy Brief, with Rana Hendy and Racha Ramadan
Inequalities in Jordan pre and post COVID-19 ,(2022), ERF Policy Brief, with Rana Hendy and Racha Ramadan
Videos
Private and blended Finance to scale up climate finance in Agriculture sector, Global Knowledge Forum on carbon pricing, markets and climate finance, with the Partnership for Market Implementation Facility (PMIF).
“Next frontier in evidence-based policies: Charting a path forward”, with IsDB, J-PAL MENA, Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, and Community Jameel.
“Launching the Egypt Impact Lab”, with J-PAL MENA and Egypt’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.
"Measuring Affordability and the Social Impacts of Clean Energy Transitions" Workshop with International Energy Agency