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Samir Abdelkrim: "Digital has made Emerging Valley even more connected, denser and more essential for Africa-Europe innovation ecosystems"

04/09/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services

MEDITERRANEAN. Samir Abdelkrim organised the fourth edition of Emerging Valley in Marseille on 7 and 8 April 2021, which was broadcast online because of Covid-19. He explains the usefulness of this link between Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa for start-ups and innovation.

The new Libyan governance: An equation with several unknowns

04/07/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Libya has entered a new era since Fayez Al-Sarraj and Khalifa Haftar finally decided to throw in the towel. Their withdrawals have allowed for the emergence of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum and a new interim governance. Part 1/5

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Anima and Provence Promotion join forces to attract southern Mediterranean start-ups to Provence

03/17/2021 - Eric Apim | Services

MEDITERRANEAN. Anima Investment Network and Provence Promotion sign a partnership agreement to accompany start-ups in their establishment in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"

03/11/2021 - Interview by Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions

Sonia Benyahia, director of ProgRESS Tunisia, matrix of a future national center of resources of the social and solidarity economy, and Rodérick Égal, president of iesMed, Mediterranean platform of accompaniment to the SSE, draw up, exclusively for econostrum.info, the panorama of the SSE in Tunisia. They reveal their projects in this country, while they are preparing to inaugurate in Tunis, DarESS, the house of the SSE.

CitESS, DarESS, economy, Greater Tunis, iesMed, Mahdia, MedESS, Mediterranean, Morocco, North Africa, ProgRESS Tunisia, Rodérick Égal, Sidi Bouzid, social and solidarity economy, Sonia Benyahia, Sousse, SSE, Tunis

Three Mediterranean countries will need external food aid in 2021

03/08/2021 - Eric Apim | Environment

MEDITERRANEAN. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) lists forty-five countries that will need external food aid in 2021. Three of them are in the Mediterranean.

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Africa, ESCWA, Eswatini, European Union (EU), FAO, Food and Agriculture Organisation, food deficit, food security, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, North Africa, Syria, UN, UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, wheat

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.

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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, Algeria, climate change, Egypt, France, French Development Agency, 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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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,...

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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...

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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

"Business angels and crowdfunding can lift the barriers to private investment"

06/22/2017 - Frédéric Dubessy | Services

Interviewed by econostrum.info, Emmanuel Noutary, Managing Director of Anima Investment Network, recommends two tools to help entrepreneurs in the Mena region finance their projects: business angels and crowdfunding.

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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).