Policy briefs

Agricultural Trade and Food Security

The second United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG2) includes the goal to: “End hunger and achieve food security and improved nutrition” by...

Jobs in the Middle East North Africa, and the Moroccan case

One cannot speak of a common jobs problem across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The countries at war – Syria, Yemen, Libya – are, of...

الوظائف في الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، ودراسة الحالة المغربية

لا يمكن الحديث عن مشكلة وظائف مشتركة في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا. فالبلدان التي تمزقها الحرب مثل سوريا واليمن تعد حالات متفردة. بينما بعض...

Overlapping Globalizations

Current technological developments in manufacturing are likely to lead to a partial reversal of the wave of fragmentation and global value chains...

الوظائف والتصنيع والعولمة

لقد حققت معدلات الدخل ومستويات العيش تحسناً غير مسبوق في العديد من مناطق العالم، وذلك بعد أن عرفت ارتفاعاً مطرداً على مدى عقود متتالية. بيد أن آفاق...

China - Morocco - Africa: An Innovative Agribusiness Partnership

The purpose of this paper is to propose the establishment of a forward-looking partnership between China and Morocco, centered around the agri-food...

Chine – Maroc – Afrique : Un Partenariat Agroalimentaire Novateur

L’objet de ce travail est de proposer la mise en place d’un partenariat de progrès entre la Chine et le Maroc, centré sur la question...

Climate Change and the Water-Energy- Food Nexus in the MENA Region

Understanding the interlinkages between Climate Change and the water-energy-food securities is critical for developing effective strategies to adapt...

Social Cohesion, Institutions and Public Policies

In July 2017, the OCP Policy Center published a collective work entitled Social Cohesion, Institutions and Public Policies directed by Professor...

Cohésion Sociale, Institutions et Politiques Publiques

En juillet 2017, l’OCP Policy Center a publié un ouvrage collectif intitulé Cohésion Sociale, Institutions et Politiques Publiques sous la direction...

Linkages and Interdependence in Moroccan Regions

Input-output tables provide a rich source of information about the structure of economies that is not available from other frameworks. In addition...

Wage stagnation in the United States: some international implications

The rise of protectionism, economic nationalism and nativism in the United States can be attributed inter alia to the nation’s wage stagnation and...

Too high, too fast, too loud? Questioning the soaring prices of minerals and metals

The prices of metals -most notably industrial metals- have risen significantly since January 2016, in contrast with 2014 and 2015, which were...

Trop haut, trop vite, trop fort ? L’envolée du prix des minerais et des métaux en question

La forte remontée du prix des « hard commodities » devrait, sans guère de doute, compter parmi les faits saillants de cette année 2017. Si le minerai...