Economy & Finance

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

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 April 2023
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Una perspectiva transnacional i cultural de les xarxes mercantils a (i des de) la Mediterrània occidental

Article by Josep San Ruperto that analyzes merchant networks in the western Mediterranean to understand their exchanges and their economic and social dynamics, as well as the experiences of these agents in a context of transformation.

 6 March 2025

EMGN 5th Annual Conference: Expanding Financial Horizons: Mainstreaming Credit Guarantees for Mediterranean SMEs

EMGN (the Euro-Mediterranean Guarantee Network) organises in Rabat its fifth annual conference.

 20 February 2025

Transformation of Urban Economies in the Mediterranean: The Case of Turkish Cities

Article by Esen Caglar on the transformation of urban economies in the Mediterranean based on the example of Turkish cities

 23 January 2025

FEMISE Annual Conference 2024

More than 100 members of economic research institutes from the North and South of the Mediterranean gather in Cairo in the annual meeting of the FEMISE network.

 10 December 2024

Inteligencia artificial en la región MENA: oportunidades y retos

En 2024, la región de Oriente Medio y el Norte de África ha experimentado una oleada de inversiones en inteligencia artificial (IA), en un intento de los gobiernos árabes de transformar sus economías y beneficiarse del potencial económico de la...

 9 December 2024

La IA y la industria 5.0: hacia una revolución económica en la región MENA

La transición a la inteligencia artificial en la industria está cambiando el equilibrio de fuerzas económicas dentro de la región.

 9 December 2024

Financial integration in the Euro-Mediterranean region

This workshop will assess preliminary policy recommendations to support and guide further financial integration efforts in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

 19 November 2024

Egypt’s Precarious Economic Stabilization

Since the second quarter of 2022, Egypt has witnessed severe foreign currency shortages, a general economic slowdown and historically high inflation rates.

 25 July 2024

Balance de los intercambios agrícolas euromediterráneos

Pese a los crecientes vínculos euromediterráneos, los intercambios agrícolas son decepcionantes y las esperanzas surgidas de los acuerdos divergen considerablemente.

 22 July 2024

Investing in the Mediterranean: Strategies for Infrastructure Development

In order to be competitive as a trusted partner in the MENA region, the EU needs to build on its comparative advantages and focus on delivering high-standard, transparent and environmentally sustainable projects.

 17 June 2024

Tourism Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean: Overtourism, Geopolitical Conflicts and Sustainability

The “overtourism” is leading to changes in the tourism experience, while making domestic access to tourism more difficult. It also highlights the drawbacks for all states, even when successful, of promoting tourism as an engine of economic growth...

 17 June 2024

Fostering Job Creation Through Inclusive Entrepreneurship

In the framework of the regional Team Europe Initiative, this workshop aims to shed light on practical strategies and policies that can empower entrepreneurs, particularly youth and women.

 30 May 2024