Podcasts

Back

A Path to Strengthening the Global Financial Architecture

02
February 2024
Youssef El Jai & Ferid Belhaj
Related topics: 
Economy

In this podcast, Mr. Ferid Belhaj, Vice President - Middle East North Africa, World Bank Group shares his insights around the key takeaways from the Annual Meetings 2023 as well as his vision of the global financial architecture and the transformative potential of the Marrakesh Declaration to improve the outcomes on global public goods and development. In this episode, we also adress questions on what efforts can the bank do in that respect to mobilize more private capital in climate resilience/development projects.

RELATED CONTENT

  • Reforming the International Monetary System / Keynote Address
    October 11, 2023
    Chair                           - Anoop Singh, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) Introduction                - Michel Camdessus, Former Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Online Discussants                 - Masood Ahmed, Presi...
  • Claudia Goldin: Prix Nobel d'Économie 2023
    Authors
    Henri-Louis Vedie
    October 11, 2023
    Une historienne qui s'intéresse à l'économie, une économiste qui s'intéresse à l'histoire.   Le 9 octobre 2023, l'Académie suédoise a nominé une femme, Professeure à l'Université d'Harvard, Claudia Goldin, spécialiste du travail et de l'histoire économique. Nominée, comme le précise l'Académie, pour « avoir fait progresser la compréhension de la situation des femmes sur le marché du travail  ». Deux femmes, seulement, depuis la création du Prix Nobel de l’Économie, en ont été laur ...
  • State of the Global Economy and its Implication for Emerging Market Economies
    October 10, 2023
    Chair                           - Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) Discussants - Erik Berglof, Chief Economist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) - Roberto de Ocampo, Chairman and CEO, Philippine Veterans Bank - Roberto de Oliv...
  • Session d'ouverture : Discours d'ouverture des co-présidents
    October 10, 2023
    Session d'ouverture : Remarques préliminaires des coprésidents - Montek Singh Ahluwalia, ancien vice-président de la Commission de planification de l'Inde - Karim El Aynaoui, président exécutif, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) - Enrique Garcia, ancien président et directeur gé...
  • Opening Session : Opening Remarks by Co-Chairs
    October 10, 2023
    - Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Former Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India - Karim El Aynaoui, Executive President, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS) - Enrique Garcia, Former President and CEO, CAF - Development Bank of Latin America - Harinder Kohli, Founding Director and C...
  • Career Trajectories of Higher Education Graduates: Impact of Soft Skills
    Authors
    Aomar Ibourk
    Karim El Aynaoui
    October 9, 2023
    This paper was originally published on mdpi.com   The labor market can be a daunting place for young graduates; this paper aims to shed light on how they navigate it. By examining the ways in which they enter the workforce and the impact of individual and socioeconomic factors on their career paths, we gain a deeper understanding of the challenges they face. We use a two-stage approach to study this issue: first, we create a typology of graduates’ integration paths and then estima ...
  • MOROCCO’S QUEST FOR STRONGER AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH
    Authors
    Abdelaaziz Ait Ali
    Oumayma Bourhriba
    Federica Alfani
    Dominique Fayad
    Gregory Auclair
    Dániel Baksa
    Hippolyte Balima
    David Bartolini
    Chakib Benmoussa
    Olivier Bizimana
    Aleš Bulíř
    Moëz Cherif
    Fabio Clementi
    Ananta Dua
    Javier Díaz-Cassou
    Michele Fabiani
    Lisa Kolovich
    Chiara Maggi
    Carole Megevand
    Vasco Molini
    Anta Ndoye
    Lorraine Ocampos
    Maximilien Queyranne
    Francisco Roch
    Enzo Valentini
    October 9, 2023
    This book was originally published on elibrary.imf.org   Throughout the past two decades, Morocco has faced several external and domestic shocks, including large swings in international oil prices, regional geopolitical tensions, severe droughts, and most recently the impact of the pandemic and the economic fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Despite rough waters, the government stayed the course and remained focused not only on immediate stability, but also on the long-ter ...
  • Download PDF
    Industrialization in Africa: Issues and Policies
    Authors
    Hinh T. Dinh
    October 6, 2023
    This paper reviews the past performance of industrialization in Africa and identifies key considerations for policymaking. To date, African countries have lagged in industrialization compared to other continents, in spite of the determined efforts and aspirations of their leaders. However, recent evidence suggests that Africa’s de-industrialization trend began to reverse in the past decade, with some countries experiencing growth in manufacturing employment. Notably, more jobs have ...