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The Next Society launches the first innovation dashboard for Southern Mediterranean countries

The Next Society launches the first innovation dashboard for Southern Mediterranean countries
05/15/2020 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. In the framework of the European programme The Next Society, the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Sciences Institutes (Femise) and the Anima Investment Network, are publishing the first innovation scoreboard adapted to the specificities of the Southern Mediterranean countries.
Algeria, Anima Investment Network, Brain drain, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, innovation, Jordan, Lebanon, Marseille, Mathias Fillon, Mediterranean, Mediterranean innovation scoreboard, Morocco, Palestine, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), The Next Society, Tunisia

Education Mismatch in North Africa: Determinants and Impact

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Moundir Lassassi, Mohamed Ali Marouani. The uprising of 2011 in many Arab countries have highlighted the vulnerability and fragility of their labor markets, characterized by high unemployment rates, especially for young people. The lack of job opportunities for...
Algeria, education, employment report, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Maghreb, Maghreb report, Mohamed Ali Marouani, Morocco, Moundir Lassassi, North Africa, politic report, Tunisia, unemployment, youth, youth education report

Social Entrepreneurs' Responses to the Refugee Crisis in Jordan and Lebanon

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Katarzyna Sidło, Mohammed Al-Jafari, Reema Al-Balous. Following the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, an estimated 1.5 million and 1.3 million Syrian refugees sought a safe haven in Lebanon and Jordan respectively (Reuters, 2017; Ghazal, 2017)....
Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Jordan, Katarzyna Sidło, Lebanon, Mashrek report, migration report, Mohammed Al-Jafari, politic report, Reema Al-Balous, refugees, Syria, war

Migration, Comparative Advantages and Knowledge Diffusion In The EU-Mediterranean Region

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Anna Ferragina, Stefano Iandolo, Erol Taymaz. The present study explores the trade creation effects of migration flows from the MENA region to EU.2. The issues we wish to investigate is how migration inflows and outflows between MENA and EU contribute in shaping...
Anna Ferragina, Erol Taymaz, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, European Union (EU), Femise, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, migrants, migration report, politic report, Stefano Iandolo, trade report

Catalyst for Empowering Women and Boosting Gender Equality in South Mediterranean Countries

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Doaa Salman, Mohga Bassim This policy brief proposes and recommends further policies to urgently, strengthen the current quest for empowering women and for reducing inequality in the Mediterranean countries and specifically in Egypt. It seeks to provide a...
Doaa Salman, economic report, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, gender equality, growth, growth report, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, Mohga Bassim, political report, women

Gender Inequalities on the Labour Market in North Africa

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Hassiba Gherbi, Philippe Adair, Amina Benhaddad, Razika Medjoub, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda The paper designs a pooled sample of almost 3,027 active people from the Sahwa dataset using a common questionnaire carried out in 2015 among 7,816 Algerian, Egyptian,...
Algeria, Amina Benhaddad, education, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, gender equality, Hassiba Gherbi, labour market, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, Morocco, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda, North Africa, Philippe Adair, Razika Medjoub, Tunisia, youth, youth education report, youth employment

The Long-Term Impact of Syrian Refugees on Turkish Economy

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in september 2019. Written by Ramon Mahia, Ali Koc The total value-added impact generated by the occupations of Syrian refugees in the Turkish economy was an estimated 27.2 billion TL at the end of 2017, representing 1.96% of total Turkish GDP.
Ali Koc, employment report, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, growth development report, migration report, Ramon Mahia, refugees, Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey, turkish economy, Turquey report

Renewable Energy Development Strategies in the MENA Region

09/09/2019 | FEMISE reports
Publié en septembre 2019. Rédigé par Myriam Ben Saad, Amandine Gnonlonfin, Naceur Khraief, Michel Dimou. This work explores the question of the dynamic link between the development of renewable energies and growth. The main results of this work can be summarized as follows. First, the results...
Algeria, Amandine Gnonlonfin, ecology environment report, Egypt, energy, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, growth development report, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, Michel Dimou, Morocco, Myriam Ben Saad, Naceur Khraief, renewable energy, Turkey report

Financial Inclusion and Stability in the MED Region: Evidence from Poverty and Inequality

05/13/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in September 2019. Written by Simon Neaime, Thomas Lagoarde-Segot, Isabelle Gaysset. Despite a significant growth in profitability and efficiency, the Middle East (MED) well developed banking system seems to be unable to reach vast segments of the population, especially the...
Algeria, economy report, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, financing investment report, gender equality, growth development report, Isabelle Gaysset, Jordan, Lebanon, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MED Region, MENA, Morocco, politic report, Poverty, Simon Neaime, Thomas Lagoarde-Segot, Tunisia

Feminization of occupations and its effect on gender wage gap in South Mediterranean Countries

04/03/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in April 2019. Directed by Doaa M. Salman. The issue of gender equality in the labour market is an important one not only for the wider norm of fairness but also more specifically for economic development and the efficient utilization of (human) resources in the economy. For countries in...
Doaa M. Salman, economy, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, french report, growth development report, Jordan, labour market, Mashrek report, MENA, Politic report, work

Refugees and hosting countries : integration models and cooperation policy options

03/01/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in March 2019. Directed by Marco Zupi and Alberto Mazzali. Economic exclusion, as the lack of participation to the production and consumption processes as well as of income distribution processes, is a central component of multidimensional social exclusion, the complex combination of...
Alberto Mazzali, Economy Report, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Europe, Femise, Jordan, Marco Zupi, Mashrek Report, migration report, refugees

Morocco and Tunisia in Global Value Chains: focus on business services as innovation drivers

02/06/2019 | FEMISE reports
February 2019. Directed by José A. Camacho. International trade increasingly involves the exchange of services and goods that are used in production process to generate intermediate inputs and final products to be shipped all over the world. According to the OECD, about 60% of international trade...
Economy Report, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Global Value Chains, José A. Camacho, Maghreb report, Marco Zupi, migration report, Morocco, refugees, report companies, report growth development, report Maghreb, report trade, Tunisia

Early childhood development and inequality of opportunities in the Mediterranean

01/16/2019 | FEMISE reports
January 2019. Directed by Touhami Abdelkhalek Abstract:  Early childhood is the most important time for human development. However, countries tend to under-invest in this stage of development, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Children are facing unequal opportunities...
Algeria, Bosnia, early childhood, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, gender equality, Maghreb report, Maghreb Report, Mashrek Report, MENA, Morocco, Serbia, Southern Europe, Touhami Abdelkhalek, Tunisia, Ukraine, youth education report

Effects of Syrian Refugees on Labor Markets of Host Middle Eastern and European Countries

01/02/2019 | FEMISE reports
January 2019. Directed by Roby Nathanson and Khalid Sekkat. Due to the ongoing Syrian civil war, between 2011 and 2016 about 5.1 million Syrian have been externally displaced. Most of the displaced Syrians initially arrived to Middle Eastern countries. Turkey hosts more Syrian refugees than any...
conflicts, employment, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Lebanon, Mashrek report, migration report, Southern Europe, Syria, Syrian conflict, Syrian refugees, war

The Effects of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Markets of Host Middle Eastern and European Countries

05/16/2018 | FEMISE reports
Published in May 2018. Written by Roby Nathanson and Khalid Sekka Since 2011, over 5.3 million refugees made their way from Syria to hos ng Middle Eastern end European countries. Middle Eastern countries that absorbed the majo- rity of refugees are Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan...
economic and financial crisis, economy, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Jordan, Khalid Sekka, Lebanon, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, politic, politic report, Roby Nathanso, Southern Europe, Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey report

Zakaria Fahim: "We must make the Africas communicate"

Zakaria Fahim: "We must make the Africas communicate"
03/05/2018 | Socio-economic assessments


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Africa, Casablanca, China, ENCG Casablanca, euro-mediterranean, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Europe, Femise, finance, financial markets, France, Hub Africa, Malta, Morocco, Start-up, Sub-Saharan Africa, United States, universities, Zakaria Fahim

Structural changes, the foundation of economic development in the Mediterranean

Structural changes, the foundation of economic development in the Mediterranean
05/26/2015 | Socio-economic assessments
To ensure its economic development and improve overall productivity, a country must commit to a strategy that reallocates resources linked, or not, to an industrial policy. A study by Femise analyses the scope of these structural changes in four countries, namely Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey. Version française
agriculture, economy, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, industrial policies, Morocco, structural changes, structural transformation, Tunisia, Turkey

How remittances improve living conditions

How remittances improve living conditions
02/16/2015 | Socio-economic assessments
Migrants’ remittances contribute to improving the living conditions and level of education of recipient families. A study on the impact of short-term migration with an in-depth analysis of the cases of Algeria and Morocco was carried out by FEMISE economists. Version française
Algeria, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, Kabylie, living conditions, Morocco, Professor Mouhoud El Mouhoud, remittances

The Institute of the Mediterranean to promote economic growth through culture

The Institute of the Mediterranean to promote economic growth through culture
05/29/2013 | Mediterranean territorial issues



The Institute of the Mediterranean is preparing a three year plan to kick-start culture as an economic sector in the Southern Mediterranean. Version française
Algeria, Barcelona, Brussels, culture, economic reserach, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed), European Union (EU), Femise, Henry Roux-Alezais, IEMED, IMPGT, Institut de la Méditerranée, Institute of the Mediterranean, Jean-Louis Reiffers, Jordan, lack of knowledge, Lebanon, Mediterranean, Morocco, Palestine, Robert Fouchet, the institute of public managfement and territorial governance, Tunisia

The opening up of Mediterranean countries should continue... in moderation

The opening up of Mediterranean countries should continue... in moderation
05/17/2013 | Socio-economic assessments


Version française
agriculture, Annual Report 2012, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Institutes, Femise, manufacturing and services, non-tariff barriers, The season of choices

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