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What Happened to World Trade?

Otaviano Canuto | June 01, 2016

2015 was the worst year for world trade since the aftermath of the global financial crisis, with figures exhibiting a decline of almost 14% in dollar...

Ethiopia: Emergence and Positive Change in a Turbulent Geopolitical Context

Sara Hasnaa Mokaddem , Jalal Abdel-Latif | May 30, 2016

Ethiopia is located at the heart of the Horn of Africa. Torn between its position within the Greater Middle East (Culcasi 2008, 128 and Fukuyama 2008...

Industrial scope of agglomeration economies in Brazil

Eduardo A. Haddad , Ana Maria Bonomi Barufi, Peter Nijkamp | May 27, 2016

The tendency towards urbanisation in the emerging world accompanied by the constant pursuit of higher productivity has prompted many studies which...

The Future of Natural Gas : Markets and Geopolitics

Silvia Colombo, Mohamed El Harrak and Nicolò Sartori , Silvia Colombo, Mohamed El Harrak and Nicolò Sartori | May 27, 2016

Energy is at the core of the remarkable current transitions in the global economy and geopolitics, and natural gas plays a crucial role in these...

The Unmet Challenge of Interdependence in the EU-MENA Space: A View from the South

Uri Dadush , Karim El Mokri , Rim Berahab , Karim El Aynaoui | May 25, 2016

This paper will take stock of the economic performance of Europe and the Arab world, examining how they can do better by working together. The paper...

Learning Achievement in Morocco: a Status Assessment

Aomar Ibourk | May 20, 2016

The 2015-2030 strategic vision innovates the Moroccan educational system. Unlike previous reforms, this vision addresses problems that have long been...

Les acquis scolaires au Maroc : un état des lieux

La vision stratégique 2015-2030 constitue une innovation dans le domaine éducatif marocain. Contrairement aux réformes précédentes, cette vision...

Energy Cooperation : a Prerequisite for Sustaining Energy Security

Marcus Vinicius de Freitas | May 17, 2016

The world has changed tremendously over the last seven decades. The end of the World War II led to the establishment of an international system based...

Incentives and Firms’ Productivity: Exploring Multidimensional Fiscal Incentives in a Developing Country

Efobi Uchenna Rapuluchukwu, Tanankem Voufo Belmondo and Beecroft Ibukun | May 12, 2016

This paper investigates the impact of fiscal incentives on firms’ productivity using Cameroonian firms as a case. We use data from the World Bank...

The importance of agricultural policy in terms of security, defense and sovereignty

Abdelhak Bassou | May 11, 2016

Agriculture seems, a priori, to be off of the agenda when it comes to building a strategy or a security and defense system. The latter is mostly...

L’importance des politiques agricoles en termes de sécurité, de défense et de souveraineté

L’agriculture semble devenir, à priori, hors agenda dès lors qu’il s’agit de la construction d’une stratégie ou d’un système de sécurité et de...

International Jobs Report: Update 2016

Prakash Loungani | May 09, 2016

According to forecasts released in the IMF’s April 2016 World Economic Outlook, unemployment rates are expected to increase this year in the Latin...

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