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179:00 am November 2026In person registrationOnline registrationIndustrialization in North Africa is entering a new phase shaped by global megatrends, the green and digital transitions, evolving value chains, and the growing need for resilient and competitive production systems.Against this backdrop, the Policy Center for the New South and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are convening The Future of Industrialization: Building Future-Ready Industries in North Africa on November 17, 2026, at the Policy Center for the New South in Rabat.The event will present key insights from the Industrial Development Report 2026 (IDR26) and bring together policymakers, industry leaders and experts to discuss the region’s industrial opportunities, constraints and policy priorities. The ... -
AuthorsPatrick KabandaNovember 10, 2026Cultural trade is a dynamic engine for economic diversification in the New South. Despite decades of diversification rhetoric, however, this sector remains underrealized. Thus, many countries across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, and the Middle East are still commodity-dependent, even though the global creative economy has grown roughly eightfold since 2002, to surpass $2 trillion—that figure, moreover, does not even account for the nonmonetary benefits that merit co ...
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November 10, 2026يناقش هذا الحوار أبرز التوجهات الاقتصادية والاجتماعية لمشروع قانون المالية لسنة 2027 في المغرب، في ظل الحاجة إلى التوفيق بين دعم النمو والاستثمار وخلق فرص الشغل، وتعزيز الحماية الاجتماعية، والحفاظ على التوازنات المالية. كما يتناول شروط فعالية المجهود الاستثماري، وسبل تمويل الأولويات الا...
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AuthorsNovember 9, 2026Denial of the fiscal problem, or an indication of a move toward adjustment—even if a gradual one? ... -
November 9, 2026Cette interview examine les perspectives d’une éventuelle adhésion du Maroc à l’OCDE à l’horizon 2040, en revenant sur les conditions économiques, institutionnelles et réglementaires qu’un tel processus pourrait impliquer. Elle met en perspective les réformes engagées par le Royaume, le...
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AuthorsNovember 4, 2026School dropout remains a major challenge for education systems and public policy, with lasting consequences for human capital, labor market integration, social cohesion, and long-term economic growth. Despite sustained efforts to expand access to schooling, many countries continue to experience high dropout rates, particularly at key transition points in lower- and uppersecondary education. Policy responses have often relied on fragmented, sector-specific interventions—addressing ed ...
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AuthorsBambang BrodjonegoroNovember 2, 2026This policy note was published as part of the T20 U.S. 2026 Workstreams, under the workstream “Fostering Trade and People-Centered Economic Growth,” which brings together policy experts to develop recommendations for G20 policymakers. The Group of Twenty (G20) accounts for most of the world’s output, yet its decisions shape the prospects of 174 United Nations Member States without G20 membership, among them the great majority of least developed countries and small states. Many ... -
By Hung Q. Tran & Helmut SorgeOctober 30, 2026Geopolitical competition is reshaping global trade, payment systems, and technological development, creating new challenges for developing countries. Dr. Hung Tran explores how diversific ...
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October 22, 2026تتناول هذه الحلقة من «حديث الثلاثاء» تأثير تقلبات أسعار النفط والغاز في الأسواق العالمية على الاقتصاد المغربي، وانعكاساتها على القدرة الشرائية للأسر وتنافسية المقاولات. ونناقش مع ضيفنا السيد أمين سامي كيف تنتقل هذه التقلبات إلى أسعار السلع والخدمات، ولماذا لا تنخفض الأسعار دائمًا مع ترا...
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AuthorsOctober 22, 2026Strategic hedging is rational when it preserves a worthwhile choice at a tolerable cost while respecting existing commitments. Drawing on the literature on hedging and Latin American autonomy, this Policy Brief examines contrasting illustrations of that proposition. It distinguishes ambiguity about future alignment from uncertainty about existing obligations and explains how clearly bounded commitments can reconcile autonomy with credibility. The cases reveal different vulnerabiliti ...

