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    November 5, 2021
    A slowdown in China and winding down of U.S. stimulus threaten a much-needed regional rebound. First appeared at Americas Quarterly The last year has seen some good news for Latin American economies. The region’s recovery has been stronger than expected, and growth forecasts by the World Bank and IMF have improved since six months ago. Vaccination campaigns and fiscal support have sparked an economic rebound since the second half of last year, despite an apparent loss of momentum ...
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    Alin Horj
    Murat Kenanoğlu
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    Changes in global value chains and reshoring trends brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic represent an opportunity for sustainable and inclusive economic development of the Mediterranean region. While the region has increased its participation in trade and global value chains, it remains below its potential due to limited connectivity and the lack of adequate investment in infrastructures. To boost competitiveness and attract near-shoring investments, an upgrade of the Mediterranea ...
  • September 14, 2021
    The major announcement of December 21, 2019, of the shift from the CFA franc to the Eco led to major changes in the monetary landscape and institutional setting of the West African states. This paper analyzes the benefits and challenges for economic and monetary cooperation in West Africa of this new development. While this new initiative has many advantages, establishing a new currency at the West African region, as a whole faces unresolved issues that may compromise its success. T ...
  • June 17, 2021
    Africafé reviens ce jeudi 17 juin à 17h30 avec un nouvel épisode. Présenté par Youssef Tobi, spécialiste en relations internationales, Africafé décrypte l'actualité des organisations africaines et du continent avec des experts africains. Dans cet épisode, Youssef El Jai donne une vision...
  • May 20, 2021
    Le Policy Center lance une nouvelle émission. Africafé, le nouveau rendez-vous bimensuel présenté par Youssef Tobi, spécialiste en relations internationales, décryptera l'actualité des organisations africaines et du continent avec des experts africains. Pour ce deuxième épisode, Larabi ...
  • April 6, 2021
    Les revenus sur la rive Sud de la Méditerranée sont de l'ordre d'un cinquième à un tiers de ceux de la rive Nord, des ratios qui n'ont pas beaucoup évolué au cours de la dernière génération. Ce n'était pas censé se produire. Le Processus de Barcelone, mis en place en 1995 en tant que partenariat entre l'Union européenne et les pays de l'est et du sud de la Méditerranée pour promouvoir la croissance et la stabilité dans la région, l'intégration économique grâce au commerce, à l'inves ...
  • April 2, 2021
    Incomes on the southern shores of the Mediterranean are about one-fifth to one-third of those on the northern shore, ratios that have not changed much over the last generation. This was not supposed to happen. The Barcelona Process, set up in 1995 as a partnership between the European Union and eastern and southern Mediterranean countries to promote regional growth and stability, economic integration through trade, investment, and orderly migration flows, was expected to boost incom ...