Briefs / Focus / Spot Ons
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COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities: The Case of Jordan
Jordan has been affected by the COVID-19 crisis. The efforts to curb its spread have created social and economic unrest. The Jordanian government ordered a lockdown to cushion the impact on the healthcare system.
22 June 2020
- Spot On
COVID-19 in Palestine: Economic Slump, Rising Vulnerability and Limited Policy Response
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 and fatalities in Palestine remain very low in absolute terms. However, the pandemic is expected to have wide-reaching economic and social impacts.
18 June 2020
- Spot On
La Crise Covid-19 en Tunisie: Impacts et Préoccupations
Au-delà de la dimension sanitaire, la gravité du Covid-19 doit se mesurer à l’aune de son impact socio-économique. Cette crise pourrait inviter à penser une communauté plus respectueuse des équilibres environnementaux.
18 June 2020
- Focus
Trade, Security and Neoliberal Politics: Whither Arab Reform?
Although large-scale protests were driven by a combination of political and socioeconomic factors and grievances, they have yielded many different outcomes.
26 July 2018
- Focus
Comparing the War Economies of Syria and Libya
There are four principal modalities of the Libyan and Syrian war economies: the extraction of rents and extortion; the direct sale of goods; access to or predation upon state revenues; and the patronage of external actors.
19 February 2018
- Policy Brief
In Search of a New Balance between Agricultural Trade and Development in the Euro-Mediterranean
Growing food commodity prices on world markets, resulting in economic pressures on the MENA region, highlighted the importance of the development of agriculture, which has long been neglected by the policies pursued by national elites.
25 November 2015
- Focus
Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area – Is It Time To Be Optimistic about the Future?
The Barcelona Process and the Euro-Mediterranean free trade area to be formed within the context of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership receive undeserved criticism about their pace and achievements.
21 June 2010
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A Prospective Euro-Mediterranean Bank and Private Sector Challenges
To understand how the establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean Bank could contribute to the effectiveness of investment financing in the region, it is imperative to identify the issues and the realities of the region.
21 June 2010