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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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Inward Foreign Direct Investments to Morocco: Competitiveness and Dynamics

Investments are likely to enhance economic growth and promote job creation. The mechanisms highlighted by different growth models may be different, but there is always an emphasis on the importance of investment.

 7 September 2017

Mediterranean Cities: Actors or Factors of Development?

The second ministerial conference of the Union of the Mediterranean on urban development, which was held in Cairo on 21 and 22 May, 2017, has brought the issue of urban development in the Mediterranean back onto the agenda.

 6 September 2017

Promoting Entrepreneurship: a Growing Instrument of Soft-diplomacy in the MENA Region

The digitalization of the economy and support for entrepreneurs and innovation is a means and an opportunity for the region to board the train of economic modernization in a competitive global market.

 5 September 2017

Between Patchwork Peace and Splintered Reconstruction: Assessing Post-War Challenges in Fragmented Syria

Post-conflict reconstruction in Syria has been a rather popular topic in recent months; raising the interest of institutional figures, commentators and political analysts, both from within and outside the region.

 2 September 2017

Regional Integration and Creation of Youth Employment in the Mediterranean Region

Unemployment in the Middle East and North Africa region is the highest in the world. Even before the crisis, the expansion of employment opportunities lagged behind economic growth in the region.

 16 August 2017

Vente d’armes dans la région MENA, un commerce sans limites

La région, qui est identifiée comme la zone la plus militarisée au monde, accapare 25 % des importations mondiales de matériels de défense

 17 July 2017

The 5+5 Dialogue in An Evolving Region

Proposing policy strategies to stabilize Libya, promoting greater economic integration, as well as ensuring food security in the region, those topics are in the center of debate by forty experts participating in the annual MedThink 5+5 forum.

 6 July 2017

How to Consolidate Living Labs in The Region to Promote Innovative Skills

The Mediterranean region witnessed in recent years the development of new patterns of innovation, based on the use of new technologies by citizens, especially youth.

 3 July 2017
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Digital Entrepreneurship: Expanding the Economic Frontier in the Mediterranean

What relationship exists between entrepreneurs, the digital economy, entrepreneurship ecosystems, growth or economic development and technology? Can these concepts be isolated from one another to ascertain their individual impact?

 12 April 2017

Mediterranean Economies In A Changing World

The conference features several sessions and debates with experts and representatives of financial and economic institutions to address issues such as the current role of central banks.

 24 February 2017

La economía verde: una oportunidad alternativa

Transformar la economía mundial en una economía verde es al mismo tiempo un desafío y una oportunidad de empleo para los jóvenes de la generación actual.

 2 January 2017

Economía digital: principal factor de empoderamiento económico individual

La conectividad digital del mundo árabe, aunque heterogénea, es la que más ha crecido en los últimos años, por encima de la media mundial.

 24 October 2016