Economy & Finance

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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Youth, Women and Employment in the Mediterranean Region: Continuity and Change

The article discusses the women and youth labour trends and how this year's UfM ministerial conference respond to them in terms of policy making and implementation.

 28 July 2022

Egypt: Economic Ruin Threatens Stability

The article analyses how Egypt is contending with the most powerful of economic shocks, as the world concurrently absorbs similar challenges, which only add to exacerbating Egypt’s domestic situation.

 21 July 2022

Enhancing Access to Finance for MSMEs in the Mediterranean Region

Debate about the prospects and challenges for enhancing the financial inclusion of Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) as the fundamental condition to spur the recovery in the Mediterranean region.

 7 July 2022

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 July 2022

Llueve sobre mojado: la política de crisis económica turca

Turquía atraviesa una crisis múltiple de gobernanza, cuya salida es dudosa a raíz de la incertidumbre nacional –elecciones en 2023– e internacional como consecuencia de la invasión rusa en Ucrania.

 12 April 2022

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 March 2022

Could Digital Transition Be the Answer to Sustainable Refugee-Run Businesses? A case study on small businesses run led by refugees in Egypt

It provides recommendations to donors and relevant stakeholders on ways to further empower vulnerable refugees residing in Egypt and help them sustain their businesses in the context of the market’s digital transformation.

 7 February 2022

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 February 2022

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 January 2022

The Future of Credit Guarantee Schemes in the Mediterranean: Opportunities for a Strengthened Role

The EMGN dedicates its second Annual Conference to discuss ways to consolidate the Credit Guarantee Schemes, their mission, and their impact on the Mediterranean economies.

 24 January 2022

Consecuencias para Europa de la ruptura entre Argelia y Marruecos

Las relaciones económicas UE-Magreb prevalecen sobre la diplomacia y otras cuestiones que obstaculizan la construcción de un espacio económico magrebí.

 11 January 2022

El coste económico de la no integración del Magreb

La débil -o falta de- integración comercial, productiva y financiera obstaculiza la creación de un bloque económico regional magrebí

 11 January 2022