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FEMISE is pleased to announce the publication of a new Volume in its series of “FEMISE Edited Volumes”. The Volume is published by Routledge, UK and contains several papers that are based on FEMISE funded research projects.

Europe and the Mediterranean Economy
Edited by Joan Costa-Font reader in Political Economy at the London School of [...]

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the Liberalization of Trade in Services: An Evaluation of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP)Influence
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June 2012
By: Joan Costa Font & Mireia Borrell Porta, The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
Contribution by: [...]

The Economic Costs of Climate Change in MENA countries:
A Micro-Spatial Quantitative Assessment and a Survey of Adaptation Policies
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Titre Original: “Renewable Energies and Sustainable Development in the Mediterranean: Morocco and the Mediterranean Solar Plan (MSP)”
May 2012
By: Nicolas Péridy, Université [...]

Unlike Western economies, the global financial crisis has had a greater effect on the real economies of the Maghreb, than on the financial system itself. Depending on the country, this has led to a mix of a slowdown in international trade, an impact on income transfers, a loss of foreign exchange reserves, a balance of [...]

The Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) at Ruhr-University Bochum together with European partners, is organizing the first PhD Conference on International Development. The conference will take place from 18 – 19 September 2012 in Bochum, Germany and will offer an international platform for PhD candidates at an advanced stage and recent PhD [...]

Regions in Motion – Breaking the Path
52nd European Congress of the RSAI
21st August – 25th August 2012, Bratislava, Slovakia 
Registration is now OPEN
Follow the link: http://www.ersa.org/ersa-congress/article/registration-is-now-open-910

Unlike Algeria, Morocco has no oil or gas, but it does benefit from many hours of sunshine, which in the coming years could enable it to become a prodigious producer of renewable energy for itself and also for Europe.
Eleven hours of light per day and heat conservation for seven hours, compared to three hours in [...]

The relaxation of restrictions on freedom of movement of workers contribute to a significant increase in global GDP. This increase was estimated by economists FEMISE to $56 billion. Liberalization of labor in the Middle East and North Africa has a real impact at the macro level. Detailed review …
Leave a poor country at war, abandoning [...]

Syrians, Lebanese, Moroccans, Romanians … Who are these doctors who decided to pack up and travel to practice in Europe? What are their motivations? How can countries cope with this brain drain can they take advantage of this expatriation?  FEMISE provides answers to these questions in a research report that has just been published on [...]

The macroeconomic impact of labour liberalization and policies in MENA countries
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June 2012
By: Robby Nathanson, The Macro Centre for Political Economics, Israel
In collaboration with: The German Institute for Economic Research (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung – DIW Berlin), Germany
Note: This [...]