Events
Fighting Inflation and Building Resilience: The Outlook for MENA and Morocco
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Location : Policy Center for The New South- Rabat
The Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are organizing a closed-door experts roundtable at the PCNS under the theme " Fighting Inflation and Building Resilience: The Outlook for MENA and Morocco" taking place on April 28th from 10h30 to 12h30.
The MENA region faces mounting challenges and risks, stemming primarily from the risk of entrenched inflation, elevated public debt amid tighter-for-longer financing conditions, and high structural unemployment. Policy trade-offs are even more complex, and policymakers will need to calibrate the policy mix carefully to reduce core inflation without triggering financial stress and excessive tightening and continue to provide targeted fiscal support to vulnerable groups while preserving debt sustainability and financial stability.
The aim of this roundtable, composed of around 15 experts, is to discuss the challenges and risks faced by the MENA region and the policy trade-offs the policymakers need to consider in order to address them effectively. The main speaker is Dr. Jihad Azour, director of the IMF's Department for the Middle East and Central Asia. His intervention will be followed by a discussion.
Agenda
10:30 –11:00 |
Welcoming coffee |
11:00-11:10 |
Opening remarks Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for The New South |
11:10-11:30 |
Fighting Inflation and Building Resilience: The Outlook for MENA and Morocco Moderator: - Mounia Boucetta, Senior Fellow, Policy Center for the New South Speaker: - Jihad Azour, director of the IMF's Department for the Middle East and Central Asia |
11:30-12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30-13:30 |
Lunch |