In the context of the collaboration between FEMISE and the FEMIP, European Investment Bank (EIB), it gives us a great pleasure to announce the launch of the 2010 Internship Program offered by the FEMIP to young researchers and students nationals of the Mediterranean partner countries (Algeria, Egypt, Gaza/West Bank, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia [...]

Article by Econostrum*

Does the social development of the population influence economic performance? A study by Femise, funded by the European Union, sheds light upon the relationship between individual freedoms, degree of openness and foreign direct investments in countries in the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa).

The openness of a country towards the outside world [...]

Article by Brigitte Challiol, Econostrum
After decades of stability or reductions, the upward trend in food prices – peaking between 2006 and 2008 and causing serious problems in several countries – highlights the limitations of Egypt’s existing subsidy rules and the need to reform them in order to bring down costs and better target the [...]

FEMISE is pleased to announce to its Network Members the launch of the 2010 Internal Competition and is inviting them to submit their research proposals for funding before the 6th of September 2010.
Details about the research themes covered in this competition are provided in the Scientific Program 2010 (Click here). Details on the eligibility, submission [...]

The financial crisis has cut growth in southern Mediterranean countries by two percentage points on average, claims Jean-Louis Reiffers, chairman of the scientific committee and coordinator of the Femise. This is far less than the slowdown in Europe, but the state of the region’s public finances means governments must be more aware than ever of [...]

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 [...]