Browsing by Author "Yasser, Mai"

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CAUSAL LINKS BETWEEN ICT, HDI, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM MENA
(October university for modern sciences and Arts (MSA), 2022-12) Eldesouki, Ehab; Yasser, Mai
This paper examines the causal links between ICT, HDI, and economic growth in the MENA region's high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries from 2002 to 2019. These panel data will be studied by using several tests such as the unit root test, Pedroni cointegration test, Kao cointegration test, and ECM test. This link will put a great load on the governments to invest more in both human capital and ICT infrastructure. This policy should be applied in both the short and long run to enhance sustainable growth and development. Therefore 17 countries were chosen from MENA depending on six variables depending on the panel ECM test. This paper ends with the significance of ICT and economic growth in the MENA region in the both short run and long run. Also, this result applies to all countries in the region whether with high-income or middle-income, or low-income countries. Also, these results show some bidirectional or unidirectional between these variables that differ according to the income level of the country.
Contribution of education to digitalization and health: evidence from GCC & MENA countries
(Ain shams university, 2023-05) Abdou, Doaa Salman; Yasser, Mai
This paper explores the impact of digitalization and health on education in the GCC and MENA countries. The study tries to answer the question what is the impact of digitalization and good health on the demand of education in both gulf countries and the Middle East countries using the ARDL model. The empirical results show that education impact varies in both countries, results support the literature as population growth represents pressure on developing countries that are characterised by low and middle-income levels. Also, high-level income countries show a positive and significant impact on economic growth and health in education. While MENA countries show a negative and significant impact on economic growth and life expectancy on education. Findings imply the need for more restructuring of infrastructure and the adaptation of new technology in the region.
Does BIGMAC Index Consider as a Substitute for Inflation Rate Global Journal of Management and Business Research: B Economics and Commerce Does BIGMAC Index Consider as a Substitute for Inflation Rate
(Global Journals, 2020-01) Sanad, Nadine; Mussad, Mohamed; Yasser, Mai
The BIGMAC Index was designed by The Economist in 1986 as a happy manual for whether monetary standards are at their "right" level. It depends on the hypothesis of acquiring power equality (PPP), the thought that over the long haul trade rates should move towards the rate that would even out the costs of an indistinguishable container of merchandise and enterprises (for this situation, a burger) in any two nations. The BicMac list has been distributed every year by The Economist since 1986 and is evaluated as a streamlined pointer of a nation's individual obtaining power. The same number of nations have various monetary forms, the institutionalized BIGMAC costs are determined by changing over the normal national BIGMAC costs with the most recent swapping scale to U.S. dollars. The Big Mac, as a top-selling McDonald's burger, is utilized for examination since it is accessible in pretty much every nation and fabricated in an institutionalized size, piece and quality. McDonald's is an overall working drive- through joint chain with central command in Oak Brook, Illinois. Its worldwide income added up to about 21.03 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. Most McDonald eateries are spread over the United States. The BIGMAC Index is determined by partitioning the cost of a BIGMAC in one nation by the cost of a BIGMAC in another nation in their separate nearby monetary forms to land at a conversion scale. This conversion scale is then contrasted with the official swapping scale between the two monetary forms to decide whether either money is underestimated or exaggerated by the PPP hypothesis.
The impact of bank performance and economic growth on bank profitability: CAMEL model application in middle-income countries
(Business Perspectives, 2023-09) Abdelmoneim, Zakia; Yasser, Mai
This paper aims to study the impact of both bank performance and economic growth on bank profitability in 8 middle-income countries from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and MINT countries using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) model. Bank profitability is measured by return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE), net interest margin (NIM) is measured by CAMEL mod- el, and economic growth is measured by gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The sample period ranges from 2000 to 2020, and data are extracted from the World Bank financial indicators and database. This paper is supported by the financial intermedia- tion theory. By comparing both MINT and MENA regions, the results show that in the MINT region, ROA is affected most by both asset management and capital adequacy ratio (CAR), while NIM is affected by asset management, liquidity, and management. Regarding the MENA region, ROA and NIM are affected by CAR only. No relationship was found between ROE and any of the CAMEL determinants in both regions. The results show superior performance for MINT than MENA; strong and active capital, increment in assets, credits, and deposits, and enhancement in bank profitability that is reflected in economic growth progress. Both MENA and MINT regions’ profitability (ROA and ROE) is affected by GDP, so their economies are restructuring very well and their banking industries are expected to grow rapidly.