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It’s evolution, baby – how institutions can improve without critical junctures

Otaviano Canuto , Tiago Ribeiro dos Santos | December 03, 2018

Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson caught policymaker’s attention to the critical role of institutions for development. Their work gives too much...

Will the Emerging Market Turmoil be Contained

Uri Dadush , Hamza Saoudi | November 29, 2018

• Emerging market economies (EMs), as a group, continue to exhibit solid growth. This is the case especially in Asia and among oil-exporters,...

From a Bleak Global Outlook to Speculative Strategies: Understanding the Downturn in Metal Prices

Yves Jégourel | November 26, 2018

Prices of nearly all industrial and precious metals have been on a downward trend for several months. A tightening US monetary policy and the...

De l’assombrissement des perspectives mondiales aux stratégies spéculatives : comment comprendre le repli des cours des métaux ?

Les cours de la quasi-totalité des métaux industriels et précieux se sont inscrits, depuis plusieurs mois, dans une dynamique baissière. Si le...

Building a Youth Euro-Med Community through Learning and Research Mobility: Incubators and Obstacles

Amal El Ouassif | November 26, 2018

Young researchers face several challenges in getting recognition for their work at the level of institutions and senior intellectual communities....

After Five Years, Challenges Facing MINUSMA Persist

Rida Lyammouri | November 05, 2018

The situation in Mali continues to evolve and is making MINUSMA’s task further challenging. Civilians in northern and central Mali continue to suffer...

Africa’s New Social Movements: A Continental Approach

Hisham Aidi | November 05, 2018

Scholars of social movements and global protest have long neglected social movements in Africa, ostensibly because African societies are too rural,...

Deindustrialization and Employment in Morocco

Uri Dadush , Abdelaaziz Aït Ali | November 01, 2018

This policy brief shows that the downward trend of employment in manufacturing in Morocco is due primarily to labor productivity improvement and that...

Employment Creation in Non-Agricultural Sectors

Isabelle Tsakok | October 18, 2018

As agriculture becomes more productive, it must shed labor, which unless absorbed in non-farm jobs that pay at least as well as agriculture, would...

An Incentivizing System of Ownership and of Usufruct Rights

Isabelle Tsakok | October 03, 2018

An ownership system, including a system of usufruct rights, that rewards individual initiative and toil. It is feasible for farm/rural families to...

Is Land Degradation Neutrality in Africa Possible?

Mohammed Rachid Doukkali , Tharcisse Guèdègbé , Tudal Sinsin | September 27, 2018

At the heart of this century's top priorities are food security, environmental protection and improving the standard of living. With soaring...

La neutralité en termes de dégradation des terres en Afrique est-elle envisageable ?

Les enjeux en termes de sécurité alimentaire, de préservation de l’environnement et de l’amélioration des conditions de vie des populations sont au...

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