Interview avec Abdelkabir Kamili (Présentation du rapport ARCADIA 2019)

À  l’approche du Sommet africain du climat (Africa Climate Summit), qui se tiendra à Nairobi du 4 au 6 septembre 2023, de très nombreuses organisations non gouvernementales (ONG) ont écrit au président du Kenya, William Ruto, pour lui faire part de leurs inquiétudes concernant l’ordre du jour de ce sommet. Selon ces ONG, les intérêts des entreprises et des pays occidentaux pourraient prendre le pas sur ceux de l’Afrique. Les vraies priorités sont notamment d’éliminer progressivement ...

At the August 22-24 BRICS summit in Johannesburg, the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa said they wanted to use more of their national currencies for cross-border payments, which are currently dominated by the U.S. dollar and other global convertible currencies. Like China and the other BRICS, several other countries have also sought to develop alternative external payment mechanisms. Pairs of countries have agreed to settle commercial and financial transactio ...

Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) involving multinational companies is a complex, multi-dimensional problem resulting from loopholes and inconsistencies between countries’ tax systems. Addressing it requires coordinated action at the international level. Several organizations have taken initiatives in this direction, including the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which, with the support of the G20, launched an ambitious project to combat BEPS in 2 ...

Industrial history was written on Monday, May 15, 2023. Mohammed VI, the king of Morocco, celebrated in the Royal Palace a car from Neo Motors, the first ‘Made in Morocco’ car brand, helping drive the nation towards economic prosperity and social stability. Neo Motors vehicles, financed and built by Moroccan entrepreneurs, will soon compete globally with German, Italian, Japanese and Korean cars. The ‘Neon’ (offered for an estimated 170,000 dirhams, or $15,000) will be assembled and ...

Défis et opportunités économiques en Afrique : Renforcer la stabilité financière pour un développement durable L’Afrique est un continent qui connaît de nombreux défis économiques et sociaux, mais aussi de grandes opportunités de développement. Pour réaliser son potentiel, le continent a besoin de renforcer sa stabilité financière, c’est-à-dire sa capacité à faire face aux chocs internes et externes qui peuvent affecter sa croissance et son développement. (Figure 1) La stabilité f ...

L’amélioration de la qualité des apprentissages constitue un défi majeur pour le système éducatif marocain, qui, d'après de nombreuses évaluations qualitatives et quantitatives, se positionne parmi les moins performants en termes de compétences scolaires. Les résultats des tests internationaux tels que TIMSS et PIRLS mettent en évidence des scores préoccupants en mathématiques, sciences et lecture, démontrant que plus de 40 % des élèves ne parviennent pas à atteindre ...

China is the largest developing country. Africa is the continent with the largest number of developing countries. The China-Africa economic relationship has developed rapidly over the last two decades. China has increased its investment in Africa over the last four decades. Flows surged from $75 million (2003) to $5 billion (2021). This has had both positive and negative impacts on Africa. Infrastructure improvement, job creation, and overall economic growth can be listed as positiv ...

This Paper was originally published on sciencedirect.com   The closing of Samir's Mohammedia refinery in August 2015 due to financial constraints has dramatically affected the fuel oil market in Morocco. In this paper, we assess the economic and environmental impacts of the disruption of Morocco's only refinery activities. We can isolate the oil refinery sector associated with Samir in a fully specified interregional input-output database, considering 20 industries in 12 Moroccan ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our daily lives. Having experienced considerable growth in recent years, artificial intelligence corresponds to technologies capable of processing hybrid sources, particularly unstructured data. Complex tasks are thus delegated to increasingly autonomous technological processes, capable of driving economic and social development. In current African society, AI is becoming more popular and seeking to cover all ...