Economía y finanzas

Foreign Investment in the MEDA Region Grows Again in 2006

In the early 2000s, the MEDA region, which includes the European Union’s Mediterranean partner countries did not feature on the global investment map.

Rating the Competitiveness of the Economies of the South

There is no doubt that the task of improving the performance and rating of MPCs lies primarily at the national level.

Knowledge Production: Research and Technological Development in the Mediterranean Region

Since the Lisbon Declaration, the production of knowledge has become a major concern for Mediterranean countries. This concern is growing deeper as the date approaches for the full constitution of the Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Zone.

The Knowledge Economy and Mediterranean Countries: Challenges and Opportunities

Relaunching Mediterranean Cooperation on Tourism

For the first time, heads of state took tourism cooperation into consideration as a factor contributing to the advent of an area of joint economic development.

Demographic Changes and Perspectives in the Southern Mediterranean Region

At the Heart of the Euro-Mediterranean Challenge: The Agriculture and Food Issue

The agricultural and food issue is, in fact, decisive for the future of the Mediterranean Basin, as it is at the junction of politics, commerce and society.

The Necessary Dream of Maghrebi Integration

The Maghreb countries are at a crossroads: they must decide whether to continue as before, playing the old game of the Nation-State closed in on itself, or on the contrary.

2006: A Controversial Agreement between Morocco and the United States Came into Effect

It only took four years – from 2002 to 2006 – for the Free Trade Agreement between Morocco and the US to be proposed (2002), negotiated (2003), signed (2004), ratified (2004) and enter into effect (2006).

The Future TangerMed Port: Sign of Renewal of Southern Mediterranean Ports or an Isolated Initiative?

For some twenty years now, the evolution of containerised maritime transport has allowed deployment of new container ports in the Mediterranean.

Transport, Logistics and Economic Integration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Over the past 25 years, the partner countries on the southern and northern shores of the Mediterranean Basin have benefited little from globalisation.

La situación económica del Líbano y sus perspectivas de desarrollo en la región

La situación económica y social del Líbano desde el 1990, año que marca el fin de la guerra que duró quince años, presenta aspectos inquietantes.