Events

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

Through the introduction of a systematic approach in the study of the interaction and relation of each country with the large poles of contemporary international relations (the great powers, large groups or clusters, the major regions of the world...), this course will try as much as possible to define the place and role of the Maghreb in the world today.

 Administration des Douanes et Impôts Indirects, Rabat 

L’Administration des Douanes et Impôts Indirects, le Laboratoire d’Economie Appliquée de la faculté des sciences juridiques, économiques et sociales de Rabat-Agdal, la Commission économique pour l'Afrique des Nations Unies et OCP Policy Center organisent le 14 février, de 15h30 à 18h30 dans les locaux de l’Administration des Douanes et Impôts Indirects à Rabat, un séminaire pour présenter l’ouvrage intitulé «Equilibres Externes, Compétitivité et Processus de Transformation Structurelle de l’Economie Marocaine».

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

The objective of this Course is to select the appropriate econometric series tools (not just a model) in order to understand, analyze, interpret, and communicate issues and problems related to commodity markets. The Course will address policy- and market-related issues based, in part, on models and data that the instructor has used.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopie 

The Center for Research, Dialogue and Cooperation and OCP Policy Center are co-organizing the first edition of their Strategic Dialogues; a platform of debate and exchange on geopolitical issues pertaining to Ethiopia and Morocco under the theme of “Emergence in an Evolving Geopolitical Context: Intersecting Views from Morocco and Ethiopia” on February 10,2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopie 

The Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) and OCP Policy Center, are co-organizing the first edition of their Strategic Dialogues, a Platform for Economic Policy Dialogue under the theme of “Growth Strategies and Industrial Policies: Towards Structural Transformation in Africa” on Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 February 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

This course aims to build the statistical foundations behind the general class of time-series models currently utilized by Central Banks, Research Institutes and Private Consultants, and present the main approaches available. Applied econometrics is best understood when actually practiced, so the course will combine theoretical presentations with hands-on exercises using dedicated software to analyze both real and simulated data.

OCP Policy Center, Rabat

Building up on last years’ Global Go To Think Tank launch event OCP Policy Center in partnership with the Lauder Institute will be holding an event about “Why are think tanks more important now than ever before?”. 

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

The course will present and illustrate industrial economics and political economy models able to address the three following questions:

• The long term trends of mineral commodities prices;
• The short term behavior of mineral commodities prices;
• The political economy of mineral rents.

Most examples and illustrations will be taken from fossil fuels, phosphates, fertilizers and metals markets

OCP Policy Center, Rabat.

The course deals with the political economy of development. It outlines major development challenges, such as long-term growth trends, development strategies, and the role of the state, demographic change, education, labor markets, oil dependence, water issues and food security. The shift from colonialism to import substituting industrialization to structural adjustment and the proliferation of crony capitalism is used as a historic lens to analyze political contestations around development.