Enhancing Mediterranean Integration
Oct 25, 2021 / Program
Context
This report describes CMI’s approach to Mediterranean integration. Released in December, it discusses progress made and remaining obstacles, ending with specific recommendations to enhance integration, considering current challenges. First, the report suggests eliminating more tariffs and nontariff barriers to the trade of goods and...
Justice Sector Services
Sep 20, 2021 / Program
Towards more justice for disadvantaged people: count on civil society
Two years on, post-Arab spring democracies debate courses of action that must deliver results to their people, against a backdrop of heightened expectations. Perhaps no issue is more pressing than the improvement of government accountability and ensuring full respect of citizens...
[Presentation] Some Reflections on “Enhancing Mediterranean
[Agenda] Flagship report “Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA”
[Webinar] Flagship report: Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA
May 31, 2021 / Highlight
Virtual consultative workshop
Flagship report “Transforming Markets for More and Better Jobs in MENA”: Virtual consultative
Context
The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI) and the World Bank, in partnership with the Policy Center for the New South, are organizing a virtual consultative workshop on June 7, 2021, to engage youth...
[Webinar] Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
Mar 09, 2021 / Highlight
Enhancing Mediterranean Integration: Regional Knowledge Series
Session 1. Setting the Stage: A New Vision for the Mediterranean
Context
Previous studies on regional integration across the Mediterranean highlighted a large underexploited potential of increasing the trade flow of goods and services, contributing to the economic and social...
Financial reforms for resilience in the Mediterranean - Luis Reyes
FDI in the Mediterannean & Post-Covid Opportunities
Dec 02, 2020 / Library
In the framework of the regional Mediterranean of the Future Act IV event, and as a follow-up to the commitments of the previous edition, the Mediterranean Club of Investors was launched on November 30, 2020. The CMI was invited to participate, and Blanca Moreno-Dodson, CMI manager, gave a presentation about Foreign Direct Investments (...
Lebanon in the Midst of Multiple Crises : Hope Born Out of Despair
Nov 19, 2020 / Library
This policy brief looks at the key socio-economic and political features of Lebanon, the drivers of its fragility exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the devastating explosion at Beirut’s port on August 4, 2020. This colossal explosion has exacerbated the impact of the ongoing pandemic and eroded confidence in an economy that was already in...
Economic Policy Responses to COVID-19 : the Case of EU and Non-EU Mediterranean Countries
Nov 16, 2020 / Library
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has not only led to human casualties but also generated a severe global economic downturn. Governments have responded with economic stimulus packages to mitigate the adverse effects of this downturn. In this paper, we analyze the economic policy responses adopted by 21 Mediterranean countries.
Our analysis...
MENA Countries Can Improve Trade and Regional Integration to Improve the Economy After COVID-19
Oct 27, 2020 / Library
In this interview, MENA Economic Update authors Ha Nguyen, World Bank Senior Economist for MENA, and Blanca Moreno-Dodson, Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Integration, explain just how trade openness in the region can be significant in achieving inclusiveness and alleviating poverty, and how there is a key opportunity now to move towards...
COVID-19, Challenges and Opportunities: The case of Tunisia
Oct 26, 2020 / Library
Given the growing impact of COVID-19, the initial measures taken by the Tunisian authorities failed to address the second wave effectively. After providing an overview of the Tunisian public debt situation prior to the pandemic and of the subsequent challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis, the brief suggests additional measures to counter the...
State of the Environment and Development (SoED) in the Mediterranean
Oct 25, 2020 / Library
The SoED provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of environment and development interactions in the Mediterranean region. The aim of the SoED 2020 is to increase awareness and understanding of the state of the Mediterranean, underlying driving forces and impacts, as well as to propose potential responses, while facilitating the...
Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-Covid Era
Oct 21, 2020 / Library
Trade and integration — within MENA and with the rest of the world — will be critical to lowering poverty, empowering the poor, and igniting economic growth in the post-COVID era, according to the World Bank’s latest regional economic update.
The report, titled Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in...
Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-Covid Era
Oct 21, 2020 / Highlight
مع انهيار النمو الاقتصادي بالمنطقة، تتدهور أرصدة الموازنة وحسابات المعاملات الجارية، ومن المتوقع أن يرتفع الدين العام ارتفاعاً ملموساً.
واشنطن، 19 أكتوبر/تشرين الأول 2020 – ذكر البنك الدولي في تقريره الاقتصادي أن التجارة والتكامل داخل منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا، ومع بقية بلدان العالم، سيشكلان عاملاً حيوياً في خفض معدلات الفقر وتمكين...
A Digital Financial Education to Support the «New Normal» in the Post-Pandemic Era
Oct 20, 2020 / Library
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation strategy of firms, which have followed the technological path to support business continuity online, in response to government restrictions. The effectiveness of these business strategies depends on the familiarity and awareness of consumers with the use of online channels and...
Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and North Africa Regional Integration in the Post-Covid Era
Oct 19, 2020 / Library
Trade and integration—within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and with the rest of the world—will be critical to lowering poverty, empowering the poor, and igniting economic growth in the post-Covid era, according to the World Bank’s latest regional economic update.
The report, titled Trading Together: Reviving Middle East and...
COVID-19 and Households in Egypt: Implications, Policy Response, and Recommendations
Oct 12, 2020 / Library
The COVID19 pandemic has severe economic and social implications in Egypt. The resulting economic crisis is having its toll on income, employment, and poverty, and is exacerbating the hardships already faced by households and vulnerable groups in Egypt during the last 3 years. These years witnessed harsh measures as part of an economic reform and...
Des réformes financières pour des sociétés plus résilientes en Méditerranée
Oct 07, 2020 / Library
La crise du COVID-19 est d’ampleur inédite, et vient frapper une région méditerranéenne déjà très affaiblie. Ce Brief se focalise sur l’impact économique de la crise financière du COVID-19 dans les pays du sud de cette région avec un focus sur l’emploi, la croissance, la pauvreté et les inégalités de revenu. Nous analysons dans un premier temps la...
A Decade of Partnerships for Knowledge and Action
UFM and CMI Seal Partnership
Nov 13, 2018 / Highlight
Marseille, France, 13 November 2018 – The Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), and the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) signed a 3-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) marking the launch of a new collaboration agreement between the two organizations. The parties will cooperate on promoting development and integration in the Euro-...
Impact of financial reforms in the Euro-Mediterranean Area: Albanian perspective
[Workshop] Financial Reforms’ Impact in Euro-Med Area
Jun 20, 2018 / Highlight
CONTEXT
Senior policymakers from the Euro-Mediterranean area assembled to take stock of key financial sector reforms initiated in the postscript to the 2008 global financial crisis. The crisis highlighted and increased major shortcoming in capital adequacy and liquidity of banks. This, in turn, led to loss of investor confidence, the rise of...
Challenges and the Way Forward: pursuing financial reforms, improving financial stability, ensuring inclusive economic growth
Impact on Financial Reforms: Egypt
Challenges and the way forward: pursuing financial reforms, improving financial stability, ensuring inclusive economic growth”
Framing Discussion: economic and financial sector issues and challenges in the European and MENA Region since 2008
Obstacles to crossborder consolidation in Europe
