Economia i finances

Foreign Direct Investments in the MEDA Region in 2007: Euro-Med Integration or Euro-Med-Gulf Triangle?

As world foreign direct investment flows in 2006 broke through the 4.5% threshold, the MEDA region for the first time secured a “normal” part of world FDI flows.

L’intégration régionale Sud-Sud. Une perspective comparative Monde Arabe – Amérique du Sud

Aujourd’hui, la régionalisation est une tendance lourde accompagnant la mondialisation. Elle concerne toutes les régions du monde et, en particulier, l’Amérique du Sud et le monde arabe.

Socioeconomic Situation and Transport Infrastructures in the Maghreb

Euro-Mediterranean Financial Integration and Reform of Maghreb Banking Systems

Although European businesses have demonstrated a clear interest in the Maghreb (particularly in 2006), no major developments have taken place.

Foreign Investment in the MEDA Region Grows Again in 2006

In the early 2000s, the MEDA region, which includes the European Union’s Mediterranean partner countries did not feature on the global investment map.

Rating the Competitiveness of the Economies of the South

There is no doubt that the task of improving the performance and rating of MPCs lies primarily at the national level.

Knowledge Production: Research and Technological Development in the Mediterranean Region

Since the Lisbon Declaration, the production of knowledge has become a major concern for Mediterranean countries. This concern is growing deeper as the date approaches for the full constitution of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Zone.

The Knowledge Economy and Mediterranean Countries: Challenges and Opportunities

Relaunching Mediterranean Cooperation on Tourism

For the first time, heads of state took tourism cooperation into consideration as a factor contributing to the advent of an area of joint economic development.

Demographic Changes and Perspectives in the Southern Mediterranean Region

At the Heart of the Euro-Mediterranean Challenge: The Agriculture and Food Issue

The agricultural and food issue is, in fact, decisive for the future of the Mediterranean Basin, as it is at the junction of politics, commerce and society.

The Necessary Dream of Maghrebi Integration

The Maghreb countries are at a crossroads: they must decide whether to continue as before, playing the old game of the Nation-State closed in on itself, or on the contrary.