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The Turkish Akdeniz University, the Department of Economics and the Centre for Economic Research on Mediterranean Countries (CERMC) organize a seminar on “Assessing the medium- to long-term impacts of global financial crises on agro-food sector and rural economies” on the 24th and 26th February 2011 in Antalya, Turkey

The seminar aims at bringing together economists, agricultural [...]

Universitat Pomepu Fabra – Cremed
London School of Economics – European Institute
CALL FOR PAPERS
To contribute to the book: “Economics of the Mediterranean and the Euro-Mediterranean Process” To be published by Routledge
Dr. Joan Costa Font (LSE)
Professor Jose Garcia Montalvo (UPF)
The book will conver the following :
Microeconomics and Institutions Macroeconomics and Markets
Market Liberalisation
Social Protection
Security
Climate Change
Privatisation
Decentralisation
Labour Markets
Fiscal Stability
Free Trade Agreement
Monetary Integration
Unemployment
Price [...]

FEMISE publishes in June 5 new research reports on its website. These researches have been carried out by members of the network FEMISE and financed by the European Commission. 3 of these new reports reports deal with macroeconomic issues related to the movement of financial flows and capital account liberalization, the performance of manufacturing and, [...]

Global food price shock and the poor in Egypt and Ukraine – a comparison of impacts and policy options
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June 2010
By: Wojciech Paczynski and Maryla Maliszewska, CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland.
In collaboration with Liudmyla Kotusenko, CASE, Ukraine; Soheir Aboulenein, Institute of National Planning, Cairo, Egypt; [...]

Financial Systems in Mediterranean Partners and the EURO-Mediterranean Partnership
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December 2009
By: Simon Neaime, Institute of Financial Economics, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
In collaboration with: Nidal Sabri, Birzeit University, Palestine.
Note: This document has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union within the context of the FEMISE [...]

International Openness and Social Development as Endogenous Determinants of Growth and Convergence of the Countries in the MENA Region
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December 2009
By: Jan J. Michalek, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
In collaboration with: Michal Brzozowski, University of Warsaw, Poland; Andrzej Cieslik,University of Warsaw, Poland; Lukasz Goczek, University of Warsaw, Poland; Dagmara Mycielska, [...]

Performances productives et climat de l’investissement dans quatre pays de l’espace MENA : Algérie, Egypte, Maroc, Liban
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Annexes to the main report:
Do Investment Climate Deficiencies Explain Low Manufacturing Productivity in Developing Countries? An Application to the Middle East and North Africa, by Tidiane KINDA, IMF, Washington, D.C. USA; Patrick [...]

Libéralisation du compte de capital et cadres de gestion macroéconomique comparés: Indicateurs de mesure et implications sectorielles et de politique monétaire en Tunisie
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September 2009
By: Sami Mouley, Université de Tunis, Tunisia; Rafik Baccouche, Université de Tunis, El Manar, Tunisia.
In collaboration with: Philippe Gilles, Université du Sud, Toulon-Var, France; Nicolas Huchet, Université [...]

Great disparities remain between the productive performance of countries in the MENA zone. A study carried out by FEMISE highlighted the delay in the region compared to major developing countries, with the clear exception of Morocco.
Before we can talk about regional integration or integration towards the north, the countries in the MENA region (Middle East [...]

FEMISE has the pleasure to announce that three new members have joined the network in June 2010 as Active Members. The new members are: (1) International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Syria; (2) Euromed Management/CEMM, France and (3) Interdepartmental Centre for Research in Labour, Economics and Economic Policy (CELPE), University of [...]