In this edition, we will explore a diverse range of topics, including the relationship between informality and inclusive growth in the Middle East and North Africa, trade policy in Morocco, and the country's efforts to boost private-sector competitiveness for export success. We will also delve into the impact analysis of the multidimensional poverty index and discuss whether targeting strategies need to be more complex, using a Moroccan illustration. Additionally, we will shift our focus to the world of cryptocurrencies and examine the intriguing case of the FTX bankruptcy, drawing parallels to the infamous Lehman Brothers collapse in the traditional financial sector. Furthermore, we will explore the developments surrounding cryptocurrencies in Africa, particularly their potential to revolutionize the financial landscape and their impact on the banking sector ...
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| Informality and Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
The long-standing informality debate in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region has taken on a new urgency as it looks for a pathway to more socially inclusive growth that is less reliant on fossil fuels. This is occurring against a backdrop of subpar labor market outcomes, further growth setbacks, and deteriorating fiscal and current account de ficits in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic—and in the wake of high in flation and supply chain disruptions triggered by the Russian Federation–Ukraine war ...
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| Trade Policy in Morocco: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead
The broad thrust of Morocco’s trade and industrial policies over the last thirty years has been to anchor Morocco into world flows of goods, services, and cross-border investment. Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising international prices, and a complex geopolitical environment, Moroccans continue to derive significant benefits from their economy’s openness. These include improved consumer choice and welfare, the growing insertion of Moroccan firms into cross-border production networks, and robust export and investment-attraction performance ...
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| Morocco: Boosting private-sector competitiveness for export success
Morocco has made important strides in reducing poverty in the last three decades, thanks in large part to trade and industrial policies aimed at durably inserting the country into world flows of goods, services, and cross-border investment. Since 1992, per capita incomes have tripled (in current US$), contributing to a threefold drop in the Kingdom’s poverty headcount. The country of 37 million features consistently as one of the better-performing and more stable economies in the North Africa and Middle East region ...
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Impact analysis on multidimensional poverty index: Do we necessarily need to make targeting more complex? A Moroccan illustration
The targeting of public policies, particularly those related to the reform of the social protection system in Morocco, is a major challenge, especially in assessing the impact of these measures on multidimensional poverty. By developing two targeting methods to approach the impact of the reform of the social protection system in Morocco on multidimensional poverty as measured by the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), we show that the three simulated reforms on education and health, reduce the multidimensional poverty measures, regardless of the approach used, especially when the measures put in place are moderate. ...
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| La faillite de FTX : Lehman Brothers des cryptomonnaies ?
Cette étude est consacrée à la faillite de FTX, considérée comme la deuxième plateforme mondiale d’échanges des cryptomonnaies, derrière Binance, avant l’annonce de sa faillite en novembre 2022. Annonce qui va être un véritable coup de tonnerre, les ébranlant très sérieusement. Après avoir rappelé l’indispensable à connaitre des cryptomonnaies et de leurs plateformes d’échange, l’étude rappelle l’historique d’une faillite arrivant au pire moment, avec des cours du bitcoin qui s’effondrent depuis octobre 2021, fragilisant encore davantage des plateformes d’échange déjà sous surveillance ...
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| L'essor des cryptomonnaies en Afrique : Influence sur le secteur bancaire et distinctions par rapport à la finance conventionnelle
Dans ce podcast, M. Vedie, expert des questions financières, nous apporte des éclaircissements sur les cryptomonnaies et la finance-tech, ainsi que leurs différences par rapport à la finance conventionnelle. Alors que les transactions en cryptomonnaies connaissent une croissance constante, l'Afrique se démarque sur le marché mondial des cryptomonnaies. Le podcast explore également l'impact de ces cryptomonnaies sur le secteur bancaire en Afrique, en particulier dans un contexte où le taux de bancarisation reste faible ...
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| حديث الثلاثاء : المعادن الاستراتيجية والحرجة في المغرب
نسلط الضوء في حلقة هذا الأسبوع من برنامج حديث الثلاثاء على الدور المحوري الذي يمكن أن تضطلع به المعادن الاستراتيجية والحرجة في تمكين المغرب من تعزيز سيادته الصناعية وتحقيق أهدافه في مجال الانتقال الطاقي والاستثمار، مع الحرص على احترام المتطلبات الاجتماعية والبيئية لهذا القطاع. يختزن المغرب مؤهلات وإمكانات معدنية هامة، ويتمتع بقطاع منجمي قوي يسهم في الصادرات الوطنية بنسبة تفوق 25% من حيث القيمة، وفي الناتج الداخلي الإجمالي بنسبة تصل إلى 10%، فضلاً عن توفير أكثر من 49000 فرصة عمل وفقًا لآخر تقرير للمجلس الاقتصادي والاجتماعي والبيئي. ومع ذلك، يواجه قطاع المعادن في المغرب عدة تحديات تعيق تطوير منظومة المعادن الاستراتيجية والحرجة. ماذا نعني بالمعادن الاستراتيجية والحرجة؟ كيف يمكن تقييم المنظومة المعدنية في المغرب؟ هل هناك إطار مؤسساتي منظم للأنشطة المرتبطة بالمعادن الاستراتيجية لتعزيز حكامة القطاع؟ وكيف يمكن تعزيز الطابع المستدام لقطاع المعادن في ضوء العملية الوطنية للتثمين من أجل تحقيق تموقع أفضل في سلاسل القيمة؟
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