Experts
Larabi Jaïdi is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. His areas of expertise include international economy, economic policies, international economic relations, regional economies, social development, international relations, and Mediterranean studies. He also served on the Special Commission on the New Development Model of Morocco, a consultative body created in November 2019 to formulate the country's new developmental guidelines. Jaïdi is a former Professor at Mohamed V University in Rabat-Agdal and a founding member of both the Centre Marocain de Conjoncture and the Groupement d’Etudes et de Recherches sur la Méditerranée.
Prof. Jaïdi previously served as Advisor to the Prime Minister and to the Minister of Economics and Finance. He currently acts as an independent expert to the Moroccan Competition Council and the Moroccan Authority against Corruption. He is a board member of the Adderrahim Bouabid Foundation. Prof. Jaïdi has authored various publications in the fields of economics, social development, and international economic relations. Since 2019, he has been directing and editing the collectively written annual report on African Economies, published by the Policy Center for the New South. He is a regular participant in the HEC-PCNS Strategic Dialogues and their corresponding written volumes. He has co-edited the books “L'identité africaine de la culture marocaine” and “Le Partenariat Afrique-Europe en quête de sens,” both published by PCNS. His work has also been featured in prestigious academic journals, including the Revue d’Economie Financière (Volume No. 136), and in contributions to globally renowned think tanks, such as ‘Towards EU-MENA Shared Prosperity’ (Bruegel, 2017).
