Policy briefs

Morocco’s Green Energy Opportunity

Morocco’s energy landscape has been changing rapidly over the past decades. Population growth, industrialisation and rising living standards that...

Les atouts du Maroc dans le domaine de l'énergie verte

Le paysage énergétique du Maroc a connu une évolution rapide au cours des dernières décennies. La croissance démographique, l'industrialisation...

Facilitating food trade within ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is a grouping of about 15 West African countries that have opted for economic integration to...

Faciliter les échanges alimentaires au sein de la CEDEAO

La Communauté Economique Des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) est un regroupement d’une quinzaine de pays ouest africains qui ont fait l’option...

L'intégration économique en Afrique: un processus en cours

Partout dans le monde, l'intégration économique régionale permet d'accélérer la croissance et le développement en apportant une panoplie d...

Economic Integration in Africa: A Work in Progress

Regional economic integration across the world accelerates growth and development by bringing a wide array of benefits associated with enhanced...

Argentina’s Shifting Politics: New Prospects for Collaboration with Africa?

The government of Argentina’s new president, Mauricio Macri, has many challenges ahead. In the initial 10 months of his government, he has...

The importance of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the implementation of The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In September 2015, Heads of State met at the United Nations General Assembly to announce the end of the term of “Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs...

The rebound in oil prices: OPEC “fine tuning” in question

In late September 2016, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC) agreement to reduce crude supply was particularly telling. Combined...

Le rebond des prix pétroliers : le « fine tuning » de l'OPEP en question

En actant, fin septembre 2016, qu'il était nécessaire de réduire l'offre de brut, l'Organisation des pays producteurs de pétrole (...

The Global Outlook, Secular Stagnation, and the MENA region

Despite the gloomy tone of much discussion at the just-concluded IMF and World Bank annual meetings, the global economy is not in as bad shape as...

Enhancing a Continental Policy on Energy Access in Africa

Africa is the new frontier of a global energy transition during a century in which people are rightfully preoccupied by climate change and...

Morocco’s 2014- 2020 Industrial Strategy and its potential implications for the structural transformation process

Morocco is now more than ever threatened by the trap of middle-income economies. On one hand, it is caught between increased competition from low-...

La stratégie industrielle 2014- 2020 du Maroc et ses implications potentielles sur le processus de transformation structurelle

Le Maroc est actuellement plus que jamais menacé par le piège des économies à revenu intermédiaire. Il se retrouve pris entre, d'une part, la...

Towards People-Centered Security Sectors In Africa: A Tale Of Missed Opportunities?

Most of the international security agenda is determined in the loosely defined “Global North” and is implemented in the “Global South.” This...