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Russia’s Arms Exports to the MENA Region: Trends and Drivers

11/04/2019 | EMNES reports
Published in april 2019. Written by Alexandra Kuimova The Policy Brief begins by outlining Russia’s growing interest in the MENA region. It identifies both the strategy and motivations driving Russia’s arms exports, and equally to the region, and the demand for arms by MENA countries.

Labour supply, education and migration in south mediterranean countries

06/03/2019 | EMNES reports
Publié en juin 2019. Rédigé par Cinzia Alcidi, Nadzeya Laurentsyeva The analysis of labour supply in South Mediterranean Countries indicates that only a package of long term policies can foster employment creation. The quality of education systems needs to be improved to deliver good employees for...

EMNES underlines vital role of entrepreneurship training in developing start-up in Jordan, Morocco and Egypt

EMNES underlines vital role of entrepreneurship training in developing start-up in Jordan, Morocco and Egypt
05/24/2019 - Frédéric Dubessy | Development models in Mediterranean

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Financial Development and Employment: New Evidence

05/02/2019 | EMNES reports
May 2019. Written by Rym Ayadi, Sami Ben Naceur, Mohamed Goaied This paper adds to the existing literature on finance and growth, by exploring the effect of finance on the labour market, using data on 143 countries from 1995 to 2015. We also examine whether the impact of financial development on...

Over education Tunisian labour market: Characteristics and Determinants

04/21/2019 | EMNES reports
April 2019. Written by Wajdi Kthiri This study analyses the incidence and determinants of over-education amongst workers graduating from Tunisian universities.

Innovante nascent and early stage entrepreneurship in the southern mediterranean – evidence on Jordan and Morocco

04/19/2019 | EMNES reports
April 2019. Written by Serena Sandri, Nooh Ashyab, Elyas Azzioui This study builds on the result of in-depth interviews conducted over a sample of 72 innovative nascent and early stage entrepreneurs in Jordan and Morocco and, herewith, provides an overview of the main characteristics of innovative...

Descriptive analysis of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Egypt from a start-up perspective : challenges ans opportunities

04/17/2019 | EMNES reports
April 2019. Written by Heba Zaki, Nahed Zeini The purpose of this paper is to present a descriptive analysis of start-ups in Egypt and the related ecosystem, relying on a unique survey. This is the first survey that aims to provide useful and insightful data specifically about Egyptian start-ups....

Youth Unemployment in Algeria and Discouraged Workers effects

02/06/2019 | EMNES reports
February 2019. Written by Felix Appler, Moundir Lassassi This work asks whether the unemployment rate in Algeria should be calculated to also include young people who say they want to work but have not recently searched for a job, especially regarding labour market policies that are meant to...

The Tunisian Integration into Global Value Chains: The role of offshore regime & FDI

02/02/2019 | EMNES reports
February 2019. Written by Iheb Sammoud, Souad Dhaoui This paper focuses on the study of Tunisia’s integration into the global value chains (GVCs) and the role of the offshore regime and foreign direct investment (FDI) in this process.

Female Labour Force Participation and Entrepreneurship: The Missing Pillar for Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Development in MENA?

11/01/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in November 2018. Written by Rym Ayadi and Rim Mouelhi Despite substantial investment in women’s education in the MENA region and a significant increase in their educational attainment, women’s labour force participation remains very low. In 2017, Women’s Labour Force Participation (LFP)...

Employment Diagnostic Demand Side Analysis: Application for Tunisia

10/24/2018 | EMNES reports
October 2018. Written by Sarra Ben Slimane, Moez Ben Tahar The present study offers an employment diagnostic analysis of Tunisia from the demand side. It goes on to address the determinants of demand for supply and cost of labour. The study will span micro and macro aspects of job creation and...

The Impact of Institutional Uncertainty on Employment Generation Perspectives of Firms in Jordan

10/04/2018 | EMNES reports
October 2018. Written by Serena Sandri, Nooh Alshyab. Drawing on different traditions of institutional analysis, the present study aims at eliciting the perception of institutional uncertainty amongst private sector decision makers and to assess its effect on job creation perspectives.

Gender Wage Disparities in Egypt: Evidence from ELMPS 2006 and 2012

09/10/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in September 2018. Written by Marwa Biltagy. His paper focuses on estimating wage differentials between males and females in Egypt to understand the determinants of the gender wage gap.

Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Economic Growth in Morocco

09/05/2018 | EMNES reports
September 2018. Written by Soukayna Lakhbiz and Abdelkader Ait El Mekkie This paper aims at analysing the effects of FDI that mostly originate from the EU country partners, on economic growth in Morocco.

Asset Inequality in MENA - The Missing Dimension?

04/12/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in April 2018. Written by Vladimir Hlasny and Shireen AlAzzawi Wealth must be accounted for as an economic outcome as well as a driver of lifetime opportunities. Since wealth is distributed more widely, and is related positively to income and consumption, overall inequality is likely to...

Banking Competition, Convergence and Growth across Macro-Regions of MENA

03/05/2018 | EMNES reports
Published in march 2018. Written by Samah Issa, Claudia Girardone and Stuart Snaith This paper represents the first study to examine convergence of bank competition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and the impact of bank market power on growth.