Research releases
Versioned, citable packages combining findings, data and audit state.
Latest · Research Release 004 · Published 17 Aug 2026
Statistical Memory Loss
A four-system survivability audit asking whether original release pages, underlying files, bilingual pairs, archive paths and machine-retrievable provenance still survive well enough to reconstruct what was actually published.
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Research Release · PublishedResearch Release 003: The Revision Economy
First-release versus later-vintage GDP histories across Morocco, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, with measured revision size and direct audit of whether superseded evidence remains recoverable.
Research Release · PublishedResearch Release 002: CPI measurement, decision-time information sets and statistical transparency
Five-country CPI comparability, a real decision-time information-set reconstruction and a six-dimension statistical-transparency benchmark pilot.
Research Release · PublishedResearch Release 001: Official-statistics forensics, comparability and evidence lineage
Jordan archive timing forensics, five-country labour comparability and the seven-programme evidence architecture.
Canonical released / developing records
Current registry-backed objects.
Benchmark · Public alphaMENA-STAT-ID: Statistical Identity Benchmark
A bilingual, vintage-aware construction alpha testing whether a system preserves population, period, unit, method, vintage and source when retrieving or comparing official MENA statistics.
OFFICIAL SOURCEREAL PUBLIC DATAPENDING VALIDATION
Release Forensics · PublishedSaudi Arabia Didn't Become 14% Larger Overnight
A source-linked forensic case on GASTAT's comprehensive revision of 2023 GDP: +14.1%, +SAR 566 billion, a materially higher non-oil share and large changes in estimated sector activity. The note separates statistical revision from economic growth and documents why source and vintage are distinct research metadata.
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Evidence Note · PublishedSame Label, Different Statistic #001: Which Saudi unemployment rate are you comparing?
A source-linked Saudi Arabia–Jordan unemployment comparability audit showing why Saudi Arabia's 6.4% rate among Saudis cannot be directly compared with Jordan's 16.1% total-population rate. Introduces the MENA Lab Comparability Record and PASS / CAUTION / FAIL / UNKNOWN audit protocol.
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Evidence Brief · PublishedJordan CPI, January–June 2026
A source-linked descriptive note showing that Jordan's annual headline CPI rate rose from 1.06% in January to 2.83% in May 2026 before easing to 2.79% in June, while month-on-month inflation cooled to 0.14% by June.
Data Note · PublishedWhen does the same unemployment rate stop meaning the same thing?
A source-linked comparison of Jordan, Egypt and Morocco showing why age framework, population perimeter and classification architecture must travel with the headline unemployment rate.
Data product · liveMENA Funding & Procurement Intelligence
A normalized official-source procurement evidence product covering the Lab’s current documented source perimeter.
Dataset · release candidateOfficial Price Release Observatory
A source-linked release-candidate dataset preserving geography, period, release information and provenance.
Dataset · collectionMENA Firm AI Adoption and Labor Adjustment
A developing 50-firm panel linking employment observations to saved source evidence and explicit reporting-perimeter warnings.
TeachingWorkshop 001 — Reproducing an Economics Paper from Raw Data
A 90-minute reproducibility workshop package. Delivery and archive status remain governed by the event record.