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Kaïs Saïed promises legislative elections in Tunisia "on the basis of a new voting system"

04/12/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. While his country is in the midst of an economic, social and political crisis, the Tunisian president Kaïs Saïed continues to control the State while promising legislative elections in December 2022 after having decided to dissolve the Parliament.

Morocco lacks water

04/05/2022 | Environment

MOROCCO. Exceptional drought, strong demographic growth, rapid urbanisation, overexploitation of water tables, choice of an agriculture that consumes a lot of water... Morocco has reached a dead end.

agriculture, dams, desalination plants, drought, global warming, irrigation, Morocco, water, water tables, World Bank

Afric'Agora, a place to welcome African companies, will be set up in Marseille in the summer of 2022

03/31/2022 | Services

MEDITERRANEAN / AFRICA. Supported by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Aix-Marseille-Provence and the Africalink network of entrepreneurs, the Afric'Agora project is going to be created in Marseille to welcome African companies and encourage their relations with their French counterparts. Frédéric Ronal, its promoter within the CCIAMP, tells us about it.

Tunisia achieved an economic growth of 3.1% in 2021

03/17/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. According to the Tunisian National Institute of Statistics, after a GDP in decline of 8,7% in 2020, the Tunisian economic growth recorded an increase of 3,1% in 2021.

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Entrepreneurship in the Euro-Mediterranean region continues to have a male face

03/08/2022 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The first report of the Intergovernmental Monitoring Mechanism for Gender Equality in the Euro-Mediterranean Region published by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) provides a forty-six page overview of the position of women in society.

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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Creact4Med aiming to boost creative industries in Mediterranean

02/01/2022 | Development models in Mediterranean

Coordinated by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, the European Creact4Med project intends to highlight the important role played by cultural and creative industries in the Southern Mediterranean. Version française

The World Bank prescribes to Tunisia an improvement of the business climate

01/25/2022 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA. In an economic bulletin on Tunisia, entitled "Economic reforms to emerge from the crisis", the World Bank calls for the "implementation of decisive structural reforms" and the "improvement of the business climate".

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Lebanese justice prohibits the governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon to leave the country

01/13/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Riad Salamé, Governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon, is facing several legal proceedings in his country, but also in France, Switzerland and Luxembourg. He has been banned from leaving Lebanon by a court order.

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Lebanon's political paralysis could be defused

01/06/2022 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. According to Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, the Parliament could soon vote the 2022 budget, allowing the Council of Ministers to meet again after three months of paralysis.

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IFC and Proparco finance the expansion of Moroccan Dolidol

12/23/2021 | Industry

MOROCCO. The Moroccan bedding specialist Dolidol signs two loans for a total amount of €20M with the International Finance Corporation and Proparco to support its development in Nigeria and its good environmental practices in Morocco.

UN Secretary General raises his voice in Lebanon

12/20/2021 | Society / Institutions

LEBANON. Visiting Lebanon, Guterres calls on political leaders to restore the economy, government and effective institutions.

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Algeria signs $300m cheque to help Tunisia

12/16/2021 | Society / Institutions

TUNISIA / ALGERIA. In official visit in Tunis, the Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune granted an agreement of loan of 300 M$ to his counterpart Kaïs Saïed.

Inflation in the Mediterranean

12/02/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The situation varies from worrying to dramatic depending on the country.

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic strategy causes the pound to plunge

11/24/2021 | Society / Institutions

Turkey. While the inflation rate would impose a rise in interest rates, the President of Turkey forces the Central Bank to lower them.

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Algeria joins the EBRD as a shareholder

10/25/2021 | Society / Institutions

ALGERIA. Algeria becomes the sixty-third shareholder of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and will be able to benefit from its financial aid and support for its reforms.

Blanca Moreno-Dodson: "The move from the World Bank to the UN is a natural evolution for the CMI"

09/22/2021 | Society / Institutions

MEDITERRANEAN. The director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), Blanca Moreno-Dodson, tells econostrum.info exclusively about her transition from the World Bank to the United Nations and her new mandate: the implementation of the MDG 17 on partnerships in the Mediterranean. The CMI remains and will remain based in Marseille.

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The World Bank invests $2.5 million to develop Turkish start-ups

08/26/2021 | Society / Institutions

TURKEY. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Women's Enterprise Finance Initiative (we-Fi) are investing $2.5m in the 500 Istanbul Fund II, a venture capital fund focused on early-stage technology companies.

Gaza reconstruction bill could reach $485m

07/08/2021 | Society / Institutions

PALESTINE. According to a report published by the UN, the European Union and the World Bank, the Palestinian enclave of Gaza will need $485 million to rebuild its infrastructure after the war between Hamas and the State of Israel.

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Libya's economic outlook: Oil fuel for future investments

04/15/2021 | Society / Institutions

LIBYA. Its foreign exchange reserves and oil windfall have returned to pre-revolution levels, allowing Libya to invest in its future. The 2021 budget currently under discussion reveals the priorities of the new government.

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