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Rural Vulnerability, Employment and Social Safety Programmes in Egypt: How Far Could State Initiatives Go?
  • Paper

Rural Vulnerability, Employment and Social Safety Programmes in Egypt: How Far Could State Initiatives Go?

This paper aims to assess the Haya Karima initiative, launched by the Egyptian government in 2019 to target rural communities to achieve inclusive development and eliminate poverty.

4 abril 2023
E-Commerce and the Digital Economy in Morocco, a Factor of Social Inclusivity and Employment: Context, Approach and Limits
  • Paper

E-Commerce and the Digital Economy in Morocco, a Factor of Social Inclusivity and Employment: Context, Approach and Limits

TIn this paper, Youssef Tobi aims to interview dropshippers and other e-commerce professionals to establish the link between the rise of digital jobs and social inclusivity.

28 febrero 2023
Financial Inclusion and Hurdles to Funding Tunisian Female Entrepreneurs
  • Paper

Financial Inclusion and Hurdles to Funding Tunisian Female Entrepreneurs

This paper addresses gender self-selection amongst Tunisian women entrepreneurs in the context of financial inclusion of Tunisian women in the economy.

14 febrero 2023
Towards Enhanced Connectivity and Sustainability in the Mediterranean Transport and Logistics Sector. Trends in Trade, Maritime Transport, and Sustainability
  • Policy Study

Towards Enhanced Connectivity and Sustainability in the Mediterranean Transport and Logistics Sector. Trends in Trade, Maritime Transport, and Sustainability

This Policy Study coordinated by CETMO and the IEMed shows the state and trends of transport and logistics in the Mediterranean at a time of multiple changes and offers interesting proposals to take advantage of the existing opportunities

6 febrero 2023
Assessing the Job Creation Potential of the Social Economy in the MENA Region
  • Policy Study

Assessing the Job Creation Potential of the Social Economy in the MENA Region

The study comprises four different sections that tackle different aspects of the job creation potential of the social economy.

7 julio 2022
The Western Mediterranean Transport and Logistics Sector in the Post-Covid-19 Era: Seizing New Opportunities, Accelerating Transitions
  • Report

The Western Mediterranean Transport and Logistics Sector in the Post-Covid-19 Era: Seizing New Opportunities, Accelerating Transitions

The impacts of the COVID-19 and the future of transport and logistics through multisectoral and multidisciplinary lenses.

31 marzo 2022
Building Resilience Blocks: How to Improve the Quality of Work for the Egyptian Construction Precariat?
  • Paper

Building Resilience Blocks: How to Improve the Quality of Work for the Egyptian Construction Precariat?

This paper explores how the notion of precarity applies to informal construction workers in Egypt. It also assesses the government’s intervention during the pandemic regarding informal irregular workers.

3 febrero 2022
Youth unemployment in the South of the Mediterranean: A chronic challenge to development and stability
  • Paper

Youth unemployment in the South of the Mediterranean: A chronic challenge to development and stability

The paper aims to provide policy recommendations to address this chronic problem in the region and focuses mainly on Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

28 enero 2022
Innovation ecosystems and start-ups in the Mediterranean as a means of recovering from the COVID-19 crisis
  • Report

Innovation ecosystems and start-ups in the Mediterranean as a means of recovering from the COVID-19 crisis

In the absence of further joint migration instruments at a European level, the burden of managing the migrant emergency falls primarily on local and regional authorities of the European countries in particular in the south of the EU.

23 noviembre 2021
Central Banks at the Frontline of the COVID-19 crisis: Weathering the Storm, Spurring the Recovery. A View from the Mediterranean Countries
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Central Banks at the Frontline of the COVID-19 crisis: Weathering the Storm, Spurring the Recovery. A View from the Mediterranean Countries

With the aim to foster a comprehensive dialogue on the economic and financial situation of the Mediterranean region, this conference allowed organisers and participants to take a very important step forward in the ambition to strengthen cooperation...

1 septiembre 2021
Post-Covid-19 EU-Southern Neighbourhood Trade Relations
  • Policy Study

Post-Covid-19 EU-Southern Neighbourhood Trade Relations

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, which disturbed economic and social lives all over the globe, threatened to exacerbate the existing problems by virtue of disturbing production of and trade in food products.

19 mayo 2021
Advancing Youth Financial Inclusion To Boost Job Creation And Growth In The Mediterranean Region
  • Report

Advancing Youth Financial Inclusion To Boost Job Creation And Growth In The Mediterranean Region

The event aims to shed light on the obstacles that the youth is facing to access finance and policies that can lead to improvements in the Mediterranean region.

10 junio 2020