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Mahmoud Arbouch

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Mahmoud Arbouch is an Economist at the Policy Center for the New South. He is a graduate engineer from the National Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (INSEA – Rabat). His research focuses mainly on macro and regional economics in Morocco, industrial policy issues, as well as infrastructure development and financing.

Mahmoud is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the Faculty of Governance Economic & Social Sciences of the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (FGSES – UM6P), working on industrial policy and regional development in Morocco.

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Bridging Gaps, Building Futures: Aligning the EU’s Global Gateway and AFCFTA for Africa’s Sustainable Integration
Mahmoud Arbouch

Asya Pelkes
Thursday, December 19, 2024
The European Union’s (EU) Global Gateway initiative, established to enhance global connectivity and sustainable infrastructure, offers a significant opportunity to align with Africa’s development goals under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). However, the challenge lies in whether…
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Economy, Regional integration, South America, Europe
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Policy Brief
Pathways for Reconciling New Industrial Policy and International Cooperation for Global Goods
Otaviano Canuto

Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Mahmoud Arbouch

Sandra Rios

Renato Baumann
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
This paper was originally published on t20brasil.org The resurgence of Neo protectionism as a reality is creating a pressing need to establish New Industrial Policies (NIPs) capable of striking a balance between Global Value Chains (GVC) managers' quest for efficiency and policy makers' need…
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Economy, Sectorial policies and structural transformation, International Relations, International Cooperation, Trade
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Policy Brief
Economic Impacts of the 2023 Earthquake in Morocco
Eduardo Amaral Haddad

Karim El Aynaoui

Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Mahmoud Arbouch

Hamza Saoudi
Monday, June 24, 2024
التأثيرات الاقتصادية لزلزال 2023 في المغرب
- The earthquake’s overall impact on growth is estimated to be around -0.24% of GDP in 2023. - Due to the spatial concentration of the earthquake, Al-Haouz province and the Marrakesh region experienced Gross Regional Product (GRP) losses of -10.2% and -1.3%, respectively. - The 120 billion…
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Economy, Africa, Maghreb
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Research Paper
Assessing the Economic Impacts of Al-Haouz Earthquake: Damages and Recovery Strategy
Eduardo Amaral Haddad

Karim El Aynaoui

Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Mahmoud Arbouch

Hamza Saoudi

Inacio F. Araujo
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
This paper aims to quantify the economic loss from the earthquake that hit Morocco on September 8, 2023, and to evaluate the impact of the five-year reconstruction plan, that will account for roughly 8.5% of GDP. Given the geographically concentrated location of the earthquake, which hit some…
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Economy, Africa, Maghreb
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Research Paper
Morocco — Beyond Debt: Sustainable Pathways to Higher Growth
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Fatima Ezzahra Mengoub

Mahmoud Arbouch

Fahd Azaroual

Oumayma Bourhriba

Youssef El Jai

Badr Mandri
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
This Working Paper was originally published on erf.org.eg Like many developing countries, Morocco faced a significant increase in public debt following the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2022, Central government debt reached 69.6% of GDP, up from 60.3% in 2019, highlighting the need for a thorough analysis…
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Economy, Africa, Maghreb
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Policy Brief
Morocco — Beyond Debt: Sustainable Pathways to Higher Growth
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Mahmoud Arbouch

Fahd Azaroual

Oumayma Bourhriba

Youssef El Jai

Badr Mandri

Fatima Ezzahra Mengoub
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
This Policy brief was originally published on erf.org.eg Like many emerging and developing economies, Morocco has experienced a significant increase in public debt since the COVID-19 pandemic. Central government debt reached 69.6 percent of GDP in 2022, up from 60.3 percent in 2019, and overall…
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Economy, Africa, Maghreb
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Policy Brief
GVCs, Resilience, and Efficiency Considerations: Improving Trade and Industrial Policy Design and Coordination
Otaviano Canuto

Mahmoud Arbouch

Pepe Zhang

Abdelaaziz Ait Ali
Monday, June 26, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have reignited the debate on efficiency versus resilience in international trade and global value chains (GVCs). This policy brief[a] (i) explains the contrasting perspectives of the private sector (primarily seeking efficiency) and the public sector (…
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Economy, Macroeconomics and regulation, International Cooperation, Trade
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Research Paper
Ciblage de l’inflation et réduction de la dette publique pour les pays émergents : une approche par effet de traitement
Mahmoud Arbouch
Friday, December 30, 2022
Inflation targeting and public debt reduction for emerging countries: a treatment effect approach
L’objectif de ce papier est d’essayer d’examiner si l’implémentation du cadre de ciblage de l’inflation par la banque centrale, permet une réduction de la dette publique dans les pays émergents, à travers l'effet disciplinant du ciblage sur la conduite de la politique budgétaire en général.…
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Economy, Macroeconomics and regulation, Asia, South America, Africa
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Research Paper
Valuing the Economic Cost of Remoteness: A Case Study of the Tiznit-Dakhla Expressway in Morocco
Eduardo Amaral Haddad

Mahmoud Arbouch

Ademir A. Rocha

Vinicius A. Vale
Thursday, December 22, 2022
There is a long tradition in transportation planning research in quantifying remoteness in the context of accessibility indicators. Considering an existing system’s network structure and its components’ performance, it is possible to assess the socio-economic impacts of changes in the physical…
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Economy, Regional integration, Trade, Sectorial policies and structural transformation
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Policy Paper
Pandemic, War, and Global Value Chains
Abdelaaziz Ait Ali

Mahmoud Arbouch

Otaviano Canuto
Friday, October 7, 2022
“The debate on the viability of industrial policy design based on the fragmentation of global value chains, from a cost optimization perspective, did not arise first in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis but was present long before. This industrial policy design was justified by the great development…
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