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Exciting Opportunity at UCL
UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) is recruiting for a Programme Manager for the Strategic Economics Alliance. Deadline for Application: March 1, 2026. Read here for more details!
Resilience and Reform in the Age of Disruption: Rethinking Policy, Technology, and Transformation in MENAAP – Call for submissions
The RRN conference seeks to bring together academics, policy makers, and development practitioners to present and discuss recent scholarly work on economic and policy issues that are pressing for the region. The first RRN conference (at the end of 2021)... Read More
Inclusive Digital Transformation: Social Impacts and Technological Innovations
The Global Development Conference 2025 (GDC 2025) will explore the multifaceted dimensions of inclusive digital transformation and its role in shaping sustainable development outcomes through the theme – ‘Inclusive Digital Transformation: Social Impacts and Technological Innovations’. As digital technologies continue... Read More
Growth Academy – MENA
The Growth Academy, Middle East and North Africa, organized by University of Chicago and the World Bank, is scheduled to take place in Cairo, Egypt, April 30 – May 2, 2025. Structured around the key themes of the World Development... Read More
The ICT sector in the South Med countries: A Driver for Economic Growth and Innovation
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the Southern Mediterranean plays a pivotal role in driving economic growth and innovation. Due to its high degree of interconnectedness, ICT provides strong backward and forward linkages to industries such as healthcare, education, manufacturing, and agriculture. The sector... Read More
Call for Papers: A conference on Demography and Labor Markets in the MENA RegionCall for Papers
Call for Papers Deadline is 20 November 2024
FEMISE Call for Papers – The Euromed Partnership as a Catalyst for SDGs:
The Euromed Partnership as a Catalyst for SDGs: Advancing Value Chains, Climate Action, Digital Transformation and Youth EmpowermentResearchers working on relevant socioeconomic issues in the Euro-Mediterranean are invited to submit their concept notes in the framework of this Conference before... Read More
Call for Papers: 4th Annual Central Bank Conference on Development Economics in the Middle East and North Africa
Deadline for submission: September 20, 2024 The fourth edition of the conference will explore recent research on the challenges of climate change and debt. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces a confluence of pressing challenges and overlapping... Read More
Call for papers: IEA-WB Conference Gender Norms and the Law
Closing the gender gap in the workforce is crucial in today’s global economic landscape. With expectations of sluggish growth in the coming years and traditional growth engines struggling, empowering women in the labor market is a vital strategy for economic... Read More