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Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification

Libya's economic outlook: Too many clouds block the horizon of a diversification
04/20/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
LIBYA. Libya must recover from ten years of internal conflict and tackle not only its reconstruction, but the diversification of its economy. However, a prerequisite for this is the establishment of a genuine state and administration.
Africa, agribusiness, agriculture, al-Qouwea, Alain Chouet, Algiers, Barah Mikaïl, Bernard Valéro, CIA, Corsica, Cyrenaica, Cyrene, economy, Egypt, Eugène Antoniotti, Europe, Gaddafi, GDP Libya, Great artificial river, Henry Marty-Gauquier, Jean-François Coustillière, JFC Analysis Group, kasar, Libya, Libyan economic diversification, Libyan economy, Marseille, Mecca, Mediterranean, Michel Vinciguerra, Morocco, Nubia Basin, Old city, Stractegia, Sudan, Taleb Rifai, tourism, Tripoli, Tunis, Unesco, World factbook, World Tourism Organisation, WTO

Libya's economic outlook: Oil fuel for future investments

Libya's economic outlook: Oil fuel for future investments
04/15/2021 - Frédéric Dubessy | 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.
Abdel Hamid Dbeibah, AfDB, Bernard Valéro, BPMC, Brega Petroleum Marketing Company, Budget Libya, CBL, economy, Egypt, European Union, Fayez al-Sarraj, GDP Libya, GNA, Government of National Unity, Great Man-Made River, Henry Marty-Gauquié, IPC, Jean-François Coustillière, Libya, Libya al-Ghad, Libyan Central Bank, Libyan economy, Libyan Investment and Development Company, Libyan Investment and Local Development Fund, Lidco, Llidf, Manul, Muammar Gaddafi, Mustafa Sanalla, NOC, Nubia Basin, oil, Opep, Pnud, Ras Lauf, Saïf al-Islam, Tobruk, Transparency International, Tripoli, Tunisia, United Nations Development Program, United Nations Support Mission in Libya, USAID, World Bank

"DarESS will spearhead the SSE in Tunisia"

"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

Turkey will be the largest sovereign issuer of commercial debt in 2021 in the EMEA region

Turkey will be the largest sovereign issuer of commercial debt in 2021 in the EMEA region
03/02/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EMEA. S&P Global Ratings estimates that global government borrowing is expected to be $12.6 trillion in 2021. version française
Africa, BCE, commercial debt, Covid-19, debt, economy, Egypt, Emea, Euro zone, Europe, loan, Middle East, rating agency, Russia, S&P, Turkey

ECB President rejects any idea of debt cancellation

ECB President rejects any idea of debt cancellation
02/08/2021 - Eric Apim | Society / Institutions
EU. Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, says that the cancellation of the European public debt held by the ECB is inconceivable because it is illegal.
BFMTV, Christine Lagarde, debt, ECB, economy, European Central Bank, European debt, Le Journal du Dimanche

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel

The introduction of new Member States stuck in the European funnel
11/20/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
Despite his divorce from the United Kingdom and the break-up of his engagement with Turkey, the European Union still seduces, but knows how to make itself wanted. Its only suitors today are all in the Western Balkans. They have to work hard to put a ring on this sixty-three-year-old lady's finger, who is becoming more and more difficult to choose.
Albania, Angela Merkel, Ankara, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brexit, Brussels, Bulgaria, Central Bank of Kosovo, Copenhagen criteria, Croatia, Cyprus, dardan, David Cameron, dinar, economy, EIB, Ekaterina Zaharieva, Erdogan, EU, EU enlargement, euro, Europe, European Commission, European Investment Bank, European Union, Greece, Henry Marty-Gauquié, Jean-François Cousitillière, Kosovo, Member States, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, Olivér Varhelyi politics, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sofia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, Western Balkans

France's Odile Renaud-Basso takes office as President of the EBRD

France's Odile Renaud-Basso takes office as President of the EBRD
11/02/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
EU. Elected in October 2020, Odile Renaud-Basso officially enters, on Monday, November 2, 2020 in London, in her functions as President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. version française
AfDB, African Development Bank, bank, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Covid-19, EBRD, economy, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, Eurozone, French Treasury, G7, G8, Harvard, Herman Van Rompuy, John F.Kennedy School of Government, London, notebook, Odile Renaud-Basso, Sir Suma Chakrabarti

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

OECD reports record second quarter GDP falls in France, Italy and Turkey
09/14/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | 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. Version française
China, economy, France, G20, GDP, India, Italy, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Russia, South Korea, Turkey

UNCTAD is alarmed at the economic repercussions of the Covid on an already bled Palestine

UNCTAD is alarmed at the economic repercussions of the Covid on an already bled Palestine
09/09/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
PALESTINE. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development notes in a report that Covid-19 has aggravated the already disastrous economic conditions in Palestine. Version française
covid-19, economy, Gaza, Mukhisa Kituyi, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, PNA, UNCTAD, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, West Bank

France Relance puts €100 billion on the table to accompany the post-Covid period

France Relance puts €100 billion on the table to accompany the post-Covid period
09/03/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. The French stimulus plan, worth €100 billion over two years, will be based on competitiveness, social and territorial cohesion and ecological transition.
Bernard Cohen-Hadad, competitiveness, Covid-19, ecological transition, economy, Emmanuel Macron, France, green growth, Jean Castex, Medef, recovery plan, SNCF, social cohesion, territories

Mustapha Adib appointed Prime Minister in Lebanon

Mustapha Adib appointed Prime Minister in Lebanon
08/31/2020 - Frédéric Dubessy | People
LEBANON. The new Lebanese President, Mustapha Adib indicates that he wants to form a government in record time to bring Lebanon out of the economic slump.
Beirut, economy, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Lebanon, Michel Aoun, Moustapha Adib, notebook, politics

Feminization of occupations and its effect on gender wage gap in South Mediterranean Countries

04/03/2019 | FEMISE reports
Published in April 2019. Directed by Doaa M. Salman. The issue of gender equality in the labour market is an important one not only for the wider norm of fairness but also more specifically for economic development and the efficient utilization of (human) resources in the economy. For countries in...
Doaa M. Salman, economy, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economics, FEMISE, french report, growth development report, Jordan, Labor Market, Mashrek report, MENA, Politic report, work

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.
economy, Education, Egypt, Emnes, Euro-mediterranean network for economic studies, experience, financing investment report, Marwa Biltagy, Mashrek Report, rural area, urban area, wage

The Effects of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Markets of Host Middle Eastern and European Countries

05/16/2018 | FEMISE reports
Published in May 2018. Written by Roby Nathanson and Khalid Sekka Since 2011, over 5.3 million refugees made their way from Syria to hos ng Middle Eastern end European countries. Middle Eastern countries that absorbed the majo- rity of refugees are Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan...
economy, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Economic Science Institutes, FEMISE, financial crisis, Jordan, Khalid Sekka, Lebanon, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, politic, politic report, Roby Nathanso, Southern European report, Syria, Syrian refugees, Turkey report

Institutions failing to play their role in the Southern Mediterranean job market

Institutions failing to play their role in the Southern Mediterranean job market
04/23/2018 - Frédéric Dubessy | Development models in Mediterranean

Version française
basic education, economists, economy, education, Egypt, Emnes, employees, employment contracts, employment policies, Euro-Mediterranean Network for economic studies, GDP, investment, Jordan, mediterranean econosmists, Mena, Morocco, public assets, salary, social security, tax evasion, Tunisia, underground economy, unemployment

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...
economy, Egypt, Emnes, Ethiopia, Euro-mediterranean network for economic studies, growth development report, investment, Jordan, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, MENA, Middle East, Nooh Alshyab, politic report, Shireen AlAzzawi, Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMC), Tunisia, Vladimir Hlasny

Regional workshop: Human impacts on Mediterranean marine ecosystems and the economy

04/11/2018 | BLUE PLAN reports
Published in April 2018. Written by Hilmi Nathalie, Lafitte Antoine, Allemand Denis, Ferrier-Pages Christine, Reynaud Stéphanie, Tambuté Sylvie, Venn Alexander, Cramer Wolfgang, Guiot Joel, Gazeau Fréderic, Petrucelli Chloé, van Klaveren Céline, Highman Laetitia. This document was drafted following...
blue economy, Blue Plan, climate change, demography, Denis German, development, ecology environment report, economy, environment, growth development report, Maghreb report, Mashrek report, Mediterranean, Plan Bleu, Southern European report, Turkey report

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

FEMISE exploring innovation boost for Southern Mediterranean economies

FEMISE exploring innovation boost for Southern Mediterranean economies
02/24/2016 | Socio-economic assessments
How to develop technologies in Middle-Eastern and North African countries? Whether it's educational reforms or the fight against corruption, improving the regional economy faces many challenges. Experts from the FEMISE and Economic Research Forum have identified several avenues that could provide new momentum through innovation. Version française
economy, Egypt, FEMISE, innovation, Jean-Eric Aubert, Mediterranean, Middle east, North Africa, youth

Structural changes, the foundation of economic development in the Mediterranean

Structural changes, the foundation of economic development in the Mediterranean
05/26/2015 - Frédéric Dubessy | Socio-economic assessments
To ensure its economic development and improve overall productivity, a country must commit to a strategy that reallocates resources linked, or not, to an industrial policy. A study by Femise analyses the scope of these structural changes in four countries, namely Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey. Version française
agriculture, economy, Egypt, Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences, Femise, industrial policies, Morocco, structural changes, structural transformation, Tunisia, Turkey

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