{"id":28355,"date":"2018-11-09T10:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T10:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.ecomnewsmed.com.ecn-01.ovea.com\/2018\/11\/09\/what-challenges-facing-economic-development-in-the-middle-east-a-youth-driven-research-initiative-backed-by-femise\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T11:34:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:34:17","slug":"what-challenges-facing-economic-development-in-the-middle-east-a-youth-driven-research-initiative-backed-by-femise","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ecomnewsmed.com\/en\/2018\/11\/09\/what-challenges-facing-economic-development-in-the-middle-east-a-youth-driven-research-initiative-backed-by-femise\/","title":{"rendered":"What challenges facing economic development in the Middle East?\u00a0 A youth-driven research initiative backed by FEMISE"},"content":"\u00a0\nOn Monday 5 November,\u00a0in Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, there\u00a0weren&#8217;t enough chairs for everyone\u00a0! It speaks volumes about the degree of attendance to this important event. \nThis was the third edition of\u00a0the conference on &#8220;Research initiative on the Economics of the Middle East&#8221;, organized this year by\u00a0UMR \u00ab\u00a0Development and Society\u00a0\u00bb,\u00a0Institute of Economic and Social Development Studies\u00a0(IEDES),\u00a0Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Chaire Maghreb and the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences\u00a0(Femise) in collaboration with Oxford University, Heriot Watt University\u00a0and\u00a0Sciences Po Lille.\nFor two days, the sessions covered issues including impact of refugees, inequality, poverty and education, the political economy of government policies, industrial policies, cronyism and firms\u2019 behaviour, competition, corruption and macroeconomic policies.\n\u00ab The main objective of this initiative is to provide a platform for young researchers to present their findings and engage in drawing a policy agenda for the MENA region\u2026\n\u00ab\u00a0We have more than twenty papers and a large number of young researchers who are participating, discussing, debating\u2026\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0indicated\u00a0Maryse Louis, General Manager of Femise. A statement confirmed by Mohamed Ali Marouani,\u00a0Associate Professor in Economics at Universit\u00e9 Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, adding \u201dit also provides the opportunity to exchange views and collaborate\u201d a lead member in the organising and scientific committees of the conference. \nIndeed, the discussions were\u00a0highly animated and findings of the papers were highly relevant to the region.\u00a0\n\u00a0The flows of Syrian refugees to Turkey had an important positive impact on the intense of production of the informal sector, particularly among small firms and those working in the construction and hospitality sectors\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0argued Onur Altindag, from Bentley University during his presentation on \u201c\u00a0Blessing or Burden? The Impact of refugees in Businesses and the informal economy\u201d .\nThis conference was a time of debate and collaboration. Through their comments, the researchers contributed to improve the papers of their colleagues by providing feedback and discussions.\u00a0\nFrom\u00a0Morocco\u00a0to\u00a0Lebanon, the conference brought out several challenges in the\u00a0Middle East and North Africa.\nWhile bribery was found to have a negative impact on firm exports and a reduction in market competition, as presented by Amanda Zarka from the American University in Washington DC (paper on \u201cBribe Payments and firm exports\u201d), cronyism have lead to the creation of larger informal sector and the decrease in the productivity growth of formal firms, as stated by Nesma Ali, researcher at University Duss\u00ebrdol, when studying the case of Egypt. \nMohamed Ali Marouani and Michelle Marshalian concluded that the Industrial Upgrading Program in Tunisia have affected firms in different ways: while medium size firms saw both income from exports and wages increase (but not their sales), larger protected firms saw increase in sales and low pay employment (but not wages).\n \nJala Emad Youssef, consultant at the World Bank in Cairo\u00a0and\u00a0Chahir Zaki, associate Professor of Economics in Cairo University, decided to work on assessing the competition policy in Arab Countries using firms\u2019 level data.\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0In other words : To what extent that there is a difference between the rules and their implementation\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0explained Chahir Zaki. Also on Egypt, Rana Hendy, the Doha Institute for Graduate studies, found that while cash transfers can reduce poverty, they have a negative impact on inequality. An important finding of her research paper.\u00a0\nMigration, and particularly the impact of refugees, was also a key thematic in this conference. Many researchers addressed this topic from different angles. \nWhile Mina Sami,\u00a0assistant Professor of Economics at the American University in Cairo\u00a0worked on\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0unexpected instability events and internal migration in Egypt\u00a0\u00bb, Nelly El Mallakh,\u00a0post-doctoral researcher at Paris School of Economics, presented a paper on :\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0Syrian Refugees and Migration Dynamics of Jordanians : Moving In or Moving out ?\u00a0\u00bb and Valeria Caccavo (Bocconi University) addressed the \u201cEffects of legalization on the labour markets outcome of refugees: evidence from Syrian refugees in Lebanon\u201d. \nIn addition, the organizers were pleased to present the Keynote speaker Prof.\u00a0 Sevket Pamuk,\u00a0a great scholar specialized in the economic history of the Middle East, to conclude the inaugural conference on\u00a0\u201cUneven Centuries: observations on Economic Development in Turkey\u201d. Based on his new book with the same title, Prof. Pamuk looked into the root causes of the slow progress of Turkey following the Ottoman empire, he argues that ..\u2019persistence of informal institutions, political instabilities and cleavages among elites and social groups\u201d have made an impact across the centuries. \n\u00a0\nTo access the conference agenda and some of the papers presented please click on the link below:\u00a0 Agenda and papers \n\u00a0\nYou can access the relevant information and some picture on twitter #RIEME2018\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\nBy Johanne Eva Desvages\u00a0in collaboration with FEMISE.\u00a0\n","author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[5761,5763,5766,5751,5767,2961,5750,5762],"location":[],"class_list":["post-28355","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","tag-decision-makers","tag-direct-broadcasting","tag-economic-analysis","tag-economy","tag-expert-opinion","tag-institutions","tag-news","tag-trending"],"short_url":"","have_related_news":null,"chapo":"More than 50 researchers from more than 15 countries were brought together in Paris, at Sorbonne-Panth\u00e9on University to present their most recent research work on the challenges facing economic development in the Middle East and North Africa, invited by the IEDES at Paris 1, Oxford university, Sciences Po Lille and Heriot Watt University, in collaboration with FEMISE and other renowned institutions.","media":null,"media-news-header":null,"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What challenges facing economic development in the Middle East?\u00a0 A youth-driven research initiative backed by FEMISE - Ecomnews Med<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a0 On Monday 5 November,\u00a0in Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne University, there\u00a0weren&#039;t enough chairs for everyone\u00a0! 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