Economy & Finance

Trade, Security and Neoliberal Politics: Whither Arab Reform?

Although large-scale protests were driven by a combination of political and socioeconomic factors and grievances, they have yielded many different outcomes.

Transport Dimension of the BRICS Penetration in the Mediterranean Region

The impact on the transport sector of the BRICS penetration in the Mediterranean is conditioned by two elements: the BRICS evaluations of the geo-economic role of the area and the extent of the cooperation agreements.

Southern European Migration Towards Northern Europe

Although it was qualified as “global”, the 2008 economic and financial crisis did not produce identical effects in all parts of the globe. It hit the South much more severely than the North.

The Chinese Breakthrough in the Arab and Mediterranean Markets

Comparing the War Economies of Syria and Libya

There are four principal modalities of the Libyan and Syrian war economies: the extraction of rents and extortion; the direct sale of goods; access to or predation upon state revenues; and the patronage of external actors.

The Mediterranean As An Open Living Lab

Digital technologies, while offering new opportunities, are also proving to be instruments of concentrations of wealth. Is technology only a new form of economic domination, or can it reveal new opportunities for the Mediterranean societies?

Financiar la transición a una economía ecológica en el Mediterráneo

La capacidad de movilizar y aplicar distintas formas de financiación, públicas y privadas, es crucial para cumplir con el compromiso de lograr una economía verde.

Programa SwitchMed: apoyando el cambio a la economía circular

Para garantizar que la población pueda cubrir sus necesidades dentro de los ecosistemas limitados de la región, hace falta un cambio hacia una economía circular.

Economía real y nuevas ciudades

Los campos de refugiados deben desarrollarse como verdaderos asentamientos urbanos, incluyendo ordenación espacial, prestación de servicios y diseño de una estrategia económica.

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.

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.

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.