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Covid to explode the number of poor in Mena countries

12/02/2020 - Gérard Tur | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. On the occasion of a round table organised within the framework of the Mediterranean of the Future, Patricia Augier, professor of economics, sounds the alarm about the situation in the countries of the North Africa, Middle East zone.

Aix-Marseille University, Covid, Europe, Gaza, Lebanon, Marseilles, Mediterranean of the Future, Mena country, Middle East, Morocco, North Africa, pandemic, Patricia Augier, poverty

AFD and the Sahara and Sahel Observatory sign an agreement to combat water stres

11/06/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Environment

NORTH AFRICA / FRANCE. The Sahara and Sahel Observatory and the French Development Agency are entering into a partnership to implement a regional initiative on "water stress and climate change in North Africa".

AFD, Agence française de développement, Algeria, climate change, Egypt, France, Julie Gonnet, Libya, MedeCC, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa, OSS, Sahara, Sahara and Sahel Observatory, Sahel, Tunis, Tunisia, water stress

Marco Sansavini becomes CEO of Vueling Airlines

09/10/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | People

SPAIN. The airline company Vueling Airlines (IAG Group) announces the appointment of Marco Sansavini, ex-Iberia, as CEO.

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airline, Alitalia, Bologna, carnet, Europe, IAG, Iberia, IMD, Javier Sanchez-Prieto, KLM, KLM-Air France, Lausanne, Luis Gallego, Marco Sansavini, North Africa, Paris, Spain, Vueling, Willie Walsh

Covid-19: Europe and the post-economic crisis triggered by the pandemic

05/05/2020 - Henry Marty-Gauquié, member of JFC Conseil | Reflections

SPECIAL FILE COVID-19. On 21 April 2020 a poll was published according to which 71% of Italians believed that the European Union had "reacted badly" to the health crisis and that they "no longer see any point in being part of it", while 58% of the same Italians considered that leaving the euro zone...

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.

Alexandra Kuimova, arms exports, crisis report, Emnes, Euro-mediterranean network for economic studies, growth development report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, militarization, North Africa, Russia, trade report, weapons

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, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Science Institutes, FEMISE, gender inequality, Hassiba Gherbi, labor market, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, Morocco, Nacer-Eddine Hammouda, North Africa, Philippe Adair, Razika Medjoub, Tunisia, youth education report, youth employment

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 Science Institutes, FEMISE, Maghreb, Maghreb report, Mohamed Ali Marouani, Morocco, Moundir Lassassi, North Africa, politic report, Tunisia, unemployment, youth, youth education report

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

04/03/2019 | EUROMESCO reports

Publié en avril 2019. Rédigé par 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.

arms exports, crisis report, Euromesco, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, militarization, North Africa, Russia, trade report, weapons

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.

bank market, banking, banks, Claudia Girardone, economic growth, economy, Emnes, Euro-mediterranean network for economic studies, growth development report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, North Africa, Samah Issa, Stuart Snaith

Foreign direct investments, collateral victims of the Arab Spring

02/01/2018 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Socio-economic assessments

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Egypt, FDI, Femise, foreign direct investments, Iraq, Jordan, Juliette Milgram, Middle East, North Africa, Oman

The profile of export-oriented firms

02/23/2017 - Nathalie Bureau du Colombier, MARSEILLE | Socio-economic assessments

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What factors determine a firm’s ability to export? To answer this question, Femise experts carried out a comparative study between firms located in the European Union, Israel, Turkey and those in the MENA region (Middle East, North Africa).