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COVID-19 Pandemic Challenges and Opportunities: The Case of Jordan

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
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La agenda económica islamista: una dura prueba real

Los islamistas no proponen un cambio radical; creen que serán capaces de gestionar mejor la economía persiguiendo políticas de buena gobernanza.

 21 March 2013

Esperando los dividendos de la revolución

Las expectativas de mejora en la calidad de vida, por un lado, y la falta de decisión a la hora de aplicar reformas de los gobiernos, por otro, caracterizan el momento económico de los países del norte de África.

 21 December 2012

Fomento de la innovación en el Mediterráneo

Los países MED están en mala posición en competitividad de la innovación a pesar de haber puesto en práctica políticas voluntaristas y de la creación de infraestructuras.

 21 December 2012
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“North Africa’s New Wind”, IX North African Business and Development Forum

This ninth edition of the North African Business and Development Forum, "North Africa's New Wind", is part of the 6th week of Mediterranean Leaders economic.

 19 November 2012
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Financial Development and Economic Growth in the Mediterranean Associated Countries

Slow growth in the MEDA countries can be partly traced to underperformance by the financial sector. Policy should therefore aim to provide a financial infrastructure conducive to bank and financial market development.

 21 October 2012
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Economic Transformation of Mediterranean Countries and Job Creation

This roundtable aims to provide cooperation agents with a macroeconomic framework that will allow them to better identify opportunities in the region.

 18 October 2012

Investment Protection and Arbitration in the Arab Mediterranean Area: The Arab Spring of Hope

It is unequivocal that the region has witnessed an accelerated rise in foreign investment, arguably caused by a set of internal factors, such as liberalisation, reforms, large public projects, drops in customs tariffs, and demography.

 17 October 2012
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Economic Agendas of Islamic Actors

The parties that have taken hold in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya have promised their electorate a democratic transition accompanied by economic and social reforms. Many wonder whether they will live up to the expectations they raised.

 17 October 2012

Public Transport and Arab Revolutions: Three Opportunities

It is undoubtedly the urban dramas of the vast majority of cities in the area, with high levels of unemployment and extremely poor living conditions that has been one of the de facto catalysts of the revolutions.

 15 October 2012

The Euro Crisis: Will it Lead to Better and Stronger Governance?

For some years now Europe has been producing only dire news, and since early 2010 the euro crisis has gone from bad to worse.

 10 October 2012

Las agendas económicas de los partidos islamistas en el norte de África

El marco conceptual de los partidos islamistas parte de consideraciones morales y éticas en las que la economía forma parte de un orden islámico mayor.

 21 September 2012

El sistema financiero islámico: un mercado joven y en pleno crecimiento

Entre 2006 y 2011 los activos de las entidades financieras islámicas aumentaron un 64,46%, un índice de crecimiento anual superior al 20%.

 21 September 2012