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Needs Assessment of the Social Economy in the Southern Mediterranean

Needs Assessment of the Social Economy in the Southern Mediterranean

This report presents the results of a comprehensive Needs Assessment of the Social Economy in the Southern Mediterranean (within the framework of the AECID's Masar al’an Programme).

 20 December 2025
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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

The Challenges of Tourism in the Mediterranean Region

The Arab revolutions have badly hit the tourism sector of Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries, which have all met with declining arrivals – over 20% in losses on average for the entire sub-region.

 11 September 2012

The Arab Economies in the Face of Crisis: Assessment and Perspectives since the Tunisian Revolution

The countries in the region weathered the 2008 global subprime crisis. The Maghreb countries and Egypt were poorly integrated into international financial markets, which allowed them to considerably limit the financial spread of the crisis.

 3 September 2012

Young Graduates in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Untapped Potential Waiting in Employment Queues

The problem of the integration of youth (15-24 years of age) into the labour market in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries (SEMCs) has grown worse over the past ten years.

 3 September 2012

The EU Mediterranean Countries and the Euro Crisis

Since 2010, the euro zone has suffered a sovereign debt crisis. Although its effects have been felt by all countries that share the single currency, the crisis has hit those in the south hardest.

 29 August 2012

Urban Development Strategies in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Countries: Emerging Practices versus Deep-Rooted Attitudes

To rise to these challenges, anticipate the economic, social and spatial development of cities and complement, many countries have been engaging in more global practices in their urban development for a decade now.

 25 July 2012

Italy: Economic Crisis, Domestic Politics and the International Panorama

Italy today is an isolated, ageing and relatively impoverished country with no common horizon. The crisis that we have faced since the fall of the “Wall Street wall” is not only economic but also, above all, social and cultural.

 17 July 2012
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Emerging New Economic Policy Makers in the Arab Mediterranean: Economic Agendas of Islamic Actors

The program addresses the main economic challenges of Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt. The conference also addresses two issues with a regional dimension: Islamic finance and Euro-Mediterranean economic cooperation.

 3 July 2012

Visiones económicas para Túnez

“Esperamos reforzar las relaciones privilegiadas con nuestros socios tradicionales, pero Europa se encuentra en plena crisis y, por tanto, tratamos de diversificar nuestras fuentes de financiación”.

 21 June 2012