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Add to Calendar 2018-12-08 10:30 2018-12-08 12:45 Africa/Casablanca The 2018 Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration  SIDE EVENT ON “Migration, Trade and the Global Economy” Palmeraie Conference Center, Marrakesh, Morocco The rapid expansion of a globalized economy supported by a trade and investment system of rules, processes and institutions seems to be interacting with migration flows in ways not experienced before. Trade agreements in a North-South context upgrade the skills and qualifications of foreign... Palmeraie Conference Center, Marrakesh, Morocco OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
December 08, 2018 More

The 2018 Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

 SIDE EVENT ON

“Migration, Trade and the Global Economy”

Palmeraie Conference Center, Marrakesh, Morocco

The rapid expansion of a globalized economy supported by a trade and investment system of rules, processes and institutions seems to be interacting with migration flows in ways not experienced before. Trade agreements in a North-South context upgrade the skills and qualifications of foreign service providers. Aid for Trade (AfT) projects which are linked to diasporas’ transnational engagements support market mechanisms towards improved livelihood opportunities for unemployed youth in countries of origin and transit. 

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Add to Calendar 2018-09-28 09:00 2018-09-28 18:00 Africa/Casablanca Call for submissions: Africa and global commodity markets: towards a new paradigm? For the 6th Bordeaux Workshop in International Economics and Finance   Theme Over the last two decades, as in previous decades, commodity prices have gone through particularly significant upward and downward phases, which have not been without major consequences on the economic, social and political realities of African exporting countries. The ambition of this workshop, two years after the return of bullish prices, is to appreciate the nature of the various links... Bordeaux OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Call for submissions: Africa and global commodity markets: towards a new paradigm? For the 6th Bordeaux Workshop in International Economics and Finance

 

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Over the last two decades, as in previous decades, commodity prices have gone through particularly significant upward and downward phases, which have not been without major consequences on the economic, social and political realities of African exporting countries. The ambition of this workshop, two years after the return of bullish prices, is to appreciate the nature of the various links that unite Africa and world commodity markets and to characterize a possible paradigm shift. Considering the high degree of commodities’ price instability, has the macroeconomic resilience of the African continent increased over the last decade? What have been the consequences of the financialization of commodity markets on the reality of African producers? What are the challenges that Africa must now overcome to ensure the economic diversification that governments are calling for? Is there a significant evolution since the end of the super-cycle of the relations between Africa on the one hand and Western or Chinese groups on the other? What are the opportunities offered to African producers by the creation of the Continental free trade area and the promotion of continental demand? Is a reform of global commodity markets that would benefit African countries now only a distant utopia? So many questions, among others, that this workshop will try to address. This analysis could be as general as it could be specific to a specific commodity or a (group of) country. In this respect, this workshop is not necessarily limited to strictly economic approaches and remains open to alternative approaches combining economics, politics, geopolitics, law, or sociology as long as they open a new perspective on the theme of this workshop.

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Add to Calendar 2018-09-17 14:30 2018-09-17 16:30 Africa/Casablanca The IMF and the Future of International Monetary and Financial Cooperation Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat By Edwin M. Truman, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics For almost 75 years, the International Monetary Fund has been at the center of the post-World War international monetary system. The institution has evolved as the global economy has been transformed politically and economically. As with other international... Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
September 17, 2018 More

The IMF and the Future of International Monetary and Financial Cooperation

Ministry of Economy and Finance, Rabat

By Edwin M. Truman, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

For almost 75 years, the International Monetary Fund has been at the center of the post-World War international monetary system. The institution has evolved as the global economy has been transformed politically and economically. As with other international institutions, the IMF and its position in the center of the system are now under threat from potential neglect by the Trump administration and from competition from China as the principal rival to US domination of the Bretton Woods system. For example, the US Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin has stated that the IMF has adequate financial resources, implying that the review of IMF quotas that is to be completed by the end of 2019 need not add further to IMF resources, even though some of the IMF’s current resources will be unavailable after 2020. If IMF quotas are not increased, the governance of the IMF will remain static, frustrating the dynamic emerging market economies. 

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Add to Calendar 2017-12-13 14:00 2017-12-15 19:00 Africa/Casablanca 6th Edition of the Atlantic Dialogues under the theme: Africa in the Atlantic, Time for Action OCP Policy Center organized the sixth edition of The Atlantic Dialogues, under the theme “Africa: Time for Action” in December 13-15, Marrakesh, Morocco. This annual gathering convenes influential public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic Basin for open, informal discussion on cross-regional issues. The event encourages a lively, interactive and informal exchange of views... Marrakesh, Morocco OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
December 13, 2017 to December 15, 2017 More

6th Edition of the Atlantic Dialogues under the theme: Africa in the Atlantic, Time for Action

OCP Policy Center organized the sixth edition of The Atlantic Dialogues, under the theme “Africa: Time for Action” in December 13-15, Marrakesh, Morocco. This annual gathering convenes influential public- and private-sector leaders from around the Atlantic Basin for open, informal discussion on cross-regional issues. The event encourages a lively, interactive and informal exchange of views between young professionals and today’s leaders.

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Add to Calendar 2017-10-03 15:00 2017-10-03 15:00 Africa/Casablanca Euro Area Reform The Ministry of Economy and Finance – Morocco A high-level discussion with Mr. Jeromin Zettelmeyer on the “Euro Area Reform” will take place on Tuesday 3 October at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Morocco. It aims to shed light on the main Euro reforms by capitalizing on Mr. Zettelmeyer’s insights. The Ministry of Economy and Finance – Morocco OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
October 03, 2017 More

Euro Area Reform

The Ministry of Economy and Finance – Morocco

A high-level discussion with Mr. Jeromin Zettelmeyer on the “Euro Area Reform” will take place on Tuesday 3 October at the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Morocco. It aims to shed light on the main Euro reforms by capitalizing on Mr. Zettelmeyer’s insights.

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Add to Calendar 2017-10-03 10:30 2017-10-03 10:30 Africa/Casablanca The Advance of Economic Nationalism OCP Policy Centre - Rabat OCP Policy center is organizing a high-level discussion with Jeromin Zettelmeyer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics on “The Advance of Economic Nationalism in Advanced and Emerging Markets, and Threats on the Global Economy”. The conversation aims to shed light on the issue of economic nationalism, by capitalizing on Mr. Zettelmeyer’s insights. OCP Policy Center - Rabat OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
October 03, 2017 More

The Advance of Economic Nationalism

OCP Policy Centre - Rabat

OCP Policy center is organizing a high-level discussion with Jeromin Zettelmeyer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics on “The Advance of Economic Nationalism in Advanced and Emerging Markets, and Threats on the Global Economy”. The conversation aims to shed light on the issue of economic nationalism, by capitalizing on Mr. Zettelmeyer’s insights.

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Add to Calendar 2017-06-20 12:30 2017-06-20 14:30 Africa/Casablanca Déjeuner-débat du CIAN, Lancement du Rapport Arcadia Afrique 2017: L’Afrique et les marchés mondiaux de matières premières Paris, France OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique.  Paris, France OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Déjeuner-débat du CIAN, Lancement du Rapport Arcadia Afrique 2017: L’Afrique et les marchés mondiaux de matières premières

Paris, France

OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique. 

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Add to Calendar 2017-06-20 09:00 2017-06-20 12:00 Africa/Casablanca Présentation ARCADIA : l’Afrique et les marchés mondiaux de matières premières Paris, France OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique.  Paris, France OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Présentation ARCADIA : l’Afrique et les marchés mondiaux de matières premières

Paris, France

OCP Policy Center et le Cercle CyclOpe organisent la présentation de la deuxième édition d’ARCADIA, Annual Report on Commodity Analytics and Dynamics in Africa , un ouvrage de 270 pages, rédigé par les deux institutions et dédié spécialement aux marchés des matières premières en Afrique. 

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Add to Calendar 2017-05-12 16:00 2017-05-12 17:30 Africa/Casablanca Bayesian Estimation of the Storage Model using Information on Quantities OCP Policy Center, Rabat In this presentation, Mr. Christophe Gouel will discuss his paper entitled “Bayesian Estimation of the Storage Model using Information on Quantities”. This paper presents a new strategy to estimate the rational expectations storage model. It uses information on prices and quantities – consumption and production – in contrast to previous approaches which use only prices.... OCP Policy Center, Rabat OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
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Bayesian Estimation of the Storage Model using Information on Quantities

OCP Policy Center, Rabat

In this presentation, Mr. Christophe Gouel will discuss his paper entitled “Bayesian Estimation of the Storage Model using Information on Quantities”. This paper presents a new strategy to estimate the rational expectations storage model. It uses information on prices and quantities – consumption and production – in contrast to previous approaches which use only prices. This additional information allows to estimate a model with elastic supply, and to identify parameters such as supply and demand elasticities, which are left unidentified when using prices alone. The estimation relies on the Bayesian methods popularized in the literature on the estimation of DSGE models. It is carried out on a market representing the caloric aggregate of the four basic staples – maize, rice, soybeans, and wheat – from 1961 to 2006. The results show that to be consistent with the observed volatility of consumption, production, and price, elasticities have to be in the lower ranges of the elasticities in the literature, a result consistent, according to the authors, with recent instrumental variable estimations on the same sample.

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Add to Calendar 2017-04-04 08:45 2017-04-04 18:00 Africa/Casablanca EU - Africa Strategic Dialogue Rabat, Morocco The EU-Africa Strategic Dialogue is an international conference co-organized by the European Union Institute For Security Studies and the OCP Policy Center, in cooperation with Compagnia di San Paolo, in the context of the “African Futures” project. The objective is to explore possible African trends and scenarios with a horizon of 10 to 15 years, i.e. the end of the next decade,... Sofitel Jardin des Roses, Rabat OCP Policy Center contact@ocppc.ma false YYYY-MM-DD
April 04, 2017 More

EU - Africa Strategic Dialogue

Rabat, Morocco

The EU-Africa Strategic Dialogue is an international conference co-organized by the European Union Institute For Security Studies and the OCP Policy Center, in cooperation with Compagnia di San Paolo, in the context of the “African Futures” project. The objective is to explore possible African trends and scenarios with a horizon of 10 to 15 years, i.e. the end of the next decade, focusing on what is likely to happen in terms of demography, economy and society, governance, international relations and security – and how all this is expected to affect Europe. 30 countries, 40 international institutions and 40 Moroccan organisations will be represented in the EU-Africa Strategic Dialogue. 80 Experts from both continents will share, during the conference, their respective views on a large array of issues of common interest.

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