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New boost to VAT in Spain

06/23/2022 | Society / Institutions

SPAIN. To fight against the soaring price of energy, the Spanish government will reduce for the second time the VAT on electricity. It will be reduced to 5%. It was 21% last year.

inflation, OECD, Pedro Sanchez, Spain, VAT, VAT on electricity

CMI and Femise identify post-covid opportunities in five Mediterranean countries

03/03/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The Centre for Mediterranean Integration and Femise explore in a report the opportunities to be seized, after the health, social and economic crisis of Covid-19, to foster growth and deepen regional cooperation in the Mediterranean region.

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Post-Covid recovery at heart of EMNES AGM

02/08/2022 | Development models in Mediterranean

The Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies has held its latest annual conference on the theme of post-pandemic recovery. The association will be extending its network to Africa in 2022, with a number of multidisciplinary studies in the pipeline. Version française

Centre for european policy studies, CEPS, Cinzia Alcidi, Covid-19, Emanes, EMEA, EMnes, Euro-mediterranean economists' association, euro-mediterranean network for economic studies, euro-méditerranean and african network for economic studies, Hala el Said, NAEC, New approches to economic challenges, OECD, Pillars for Inclusive, Rym Ayadi, Sara Ronco, Sustainable and Resilient Growth and Innovative Socio-Economic Models Post Covid-19 Pandemic in the Mediterranean and Africa, William Hynes

The ITCEQ calls for a renewal of the industrial policy in Tunisia

01/14/2022 | Industry

TUNISIA. A study of the Tunisian Institute of competitiveness and quantitative studies (ITCEQ) of January 2022 gives tracks to develop the industry in Tunisia and insists on the importance of the intervention of the public authorities.

Europe, exports, Global Value Chains, industry, ITCEQ, Morocco, North America, OECD, Souad Dhaoui, South Africa, Tunisia, Tunisian economy, Tunisian industry, Tunisian Institute of Competitiveness and Quantitative Studies, Turkey

The UfM points out the untapped potential of integration in the Mediterranean

11/30/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Gathered in Barcelona for their 6th Regional Forum, the foreign ministers of the Union for the Mediterranean have exchanged on the progress made since the adoption of the roadmap of the organisation in 2017.

SDGs increasingly conditioning FDI

11/23/2021 | Talent for a new economy

The economic crisis brought about by Covid-19 has affected foreign direct investment, with a filtering process favouring North over South and a prioritising of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Alexandre de Crombrugghe, Anima, Anima Investment Network, Covid-19, Ebsomed, Emmanuel Noutary, Europe, European Union, FDI, foreign direct investment, IPa, Mediterranean, OECD, SDG, Sustainable development goals, UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

OECD to support Egyptian government's structural reforms

10/28/2021 | Society / Institutions

EGYPT. The Arab Republic of Egypt and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development sign a Memorandum of Understanding to launch a three-year Country Programme.

Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, Cairo, Country Programme, Covid-19, Egypt, Egypt Vision 2030, Egyptian economy, Mathias Cormann, Mena, Mena-OECD Initiative, Mostafa Madbouly, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris

E-commerce is a key channel for counterfeits to enter the EU

10/26/2021 | Services

EUROPE. In two separate studies published in October 2021, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) reports on the increasing role of online trade in the sale of counterfeit goods.

European banks still love tax havens

09/07/2021 | Services

EUROPE. A study by the European Tax Observatory (EUTAX Observatory) shows that European banks continue to earn a significant proportion of their profits in tax havens.

Integration advances in the Mediterranean, but at a reduced speed

05/27/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. Entrusted by the Union for the Mediterranean to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the publication of the first report on regional integration in the Mediterranean will serve as a basis for measuring its evolution.

The Maghreb countries have the highest rates of women engineers in the world

02/11/2021 | Society / Institutions

MAGHREB. In its latest report on science entitled "The race against time for a more intelligent development", Unesco denounces the low proportion of women engineering graduates in the world.

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Audrey Azoulay, digital revolution, gender equality, Ipsen, Maghreb, OECD, PISA, Southern Mediterranean Countries (SMC), Unesco, women

Gibraltar, the Mediterranean sand grain rock of Brexit

01/18/2021 | Society / Institutions

Despite the signing on Christmas Eve of a nearly 1,300-page pavement setting out the post-Brexit relationship between Britain and the European Union, the question of Gibraltar has not yet been fully resolved. It will only be settled after bilateral negotiations between London and Madrid.

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World Bank calls for coordinated integration in the Mena region

10/19/2020 | Society / Institutions

MENA. The World Bank is alarmed about the economies of the Middle East and North Africa region being doubly hit by the coronavirus and falling oil prices. A report calls for a new framework for global trade integration in the region.

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OECD reports record second quarter GDP falls in France, Italy and Turkey

09/14/2020 | Society / Institutions

FRANCE / TURKEY. The decline in GDP in the second quarter in the G20 zone reached 6.9% in the zone against -1.6% recorded in the first quarter of 2009, at the height of the financial crisis.

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Baris Dincer to join EBRD as Head of Ankara Office

05/20/2019 | People

TURKEY. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development announces the appointment of Baris Dincer as head of the Ankara office and as deputy director in Turkey.

Alain Pilloux, Ankara, ARGE, Arvid Tuerkner, Baris Dincer, Bilkent University, City University of London, EBRD, Istanbul, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, Turkey

Female entrepreneurship key to Mena region inclusivity.

12/21/2018 | Development models in Mediterranean

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Algeria, Egypt, Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, jobs, Jordan, Mediterranean, Morocco, OECD, Rym Ayadi, Tunisia, women

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

11/01/2018 | EMANES 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)...

Emnes, Euro-Mediterranean Network for Economic Studies, Maghreb Report, Mashrek Report, MENA, OECD, OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Rim Mouelhi, Rym Ayadi, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), women, youth, youth education report

The main routes of migration steered by religion

11/06/2017 | Mediterranean territorial issues

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Does culture affect migratory flows? The latest Femise study (FEM 42-03) analyzes the impact of cultural factors on the destination choices of migrants from the Middle East and North Africa...

Aysit Tansel, Femise, Frédéric Docquier, gender equality, MENA, Middle East, migrants, OECD, religiosity, Riccardo Turati

Is happiness the Mediterranean’s largest economy?

11/26/2012 | Reflections

Shorter, closer, cheaper, less frequent – these were the four watchwords for European holidaymakers in 2012 favouring “staycations” or, for wealthier families, travel closer to home in Europe and the Mediterranean.

Turkey emerges as Europe’s BRIC economy

10/16/2012 | Socio-economic assessments

TURKEY. The crisis of 2008 and 2009 has already been forgotten in Turkey, where the economy has returned to pre-recession growth levels.