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Research report

Investing Special Drawing Rights: Towards a fair economic recovery in the Middle East and North Africa

12/01/2023

2 documents

81 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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In 2021, the IMF issued and distributed $650bn worth of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores the unique characteristics of SDRs and provides an overview of the role of SDRs in the MENA region. Using four countries as case studies (Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon and Tunisia), it analyses how SDRs can […]

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Briefing paper

From Stunt to Substance: An assessment of IMF engagement with civil society

09/01/2023

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is doling out billions of dollars, influencing economies around the world through its finance, and through the policies it expects governments to implement in return for the funds. But who has a say in those decisions? This paper presents case study research from Pakistan, Tunisia, Egypt, Ecuador, Argentina, Zambia and […]

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Research report

The Magic Potion of Austerity and Poverty Alleviation: Narratives of political capture and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

22/11/2021

4 documents

46 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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Dominant narratives promoting economic growth at the expense of state institutions and basic social services have long underpinned a neoliberal model of spiralling debt and austerity in the MENA region. This exacerbates political capture and inequality and takes shape in an environment of media concentration and shrinking civic space. It is important for change movements […]

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Case study

From Informal Sideline to National Business in Tunisia

12/08/2021

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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Mohammed Yahya is an entrepreneur engaged in the production and sale of essential oils. Getting his enterprise established was not easy. However, things improved when he started receiving support from Youth Participation and Employment (YPE) programme partner the Local Initiative and Development Forum (FIDEL). FIDEL was instrumental in facilitating business grants and business development support. […]

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Briefing paper

Incoherent at Heart: The EU’s economic and migration policies towards North Africa

11/11/2020

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French

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Pre-pandemic, EU policies towards North Africa, especially Tunisia and Morocco, focused on two main paradigms: trade liberalization and the minimization of both regular and irregular migration. These agendas were incoherent and had overwhelmingly negative implications for the livelihoods and employment opportunities within the EU for the most vulnerable people in the Maghreb. As the coronavirus […]

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Briefing paper

The Real Common Interest: The converging EU and North African migration agendas – where do people’s interests come in?

22/10/2020

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French

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For too long the EU’s migration policies have ignored the priorities of the countries it partners with for the sake of its own border security and domestic priorities. These have permeated the domestic migration and asylum policies of the Maghreb countries it supports, including Tunisia and Morocco, in a convergence of national interests of states, […]

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Briefing note

For a Decade of Hope Not Austerity in the Middle East and North Africa: Towards a fair and inclusive recovery to fight inequality

27/08/2020

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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Even before the coronavirus crisis struck, people in the Middle East and North Africa were protesting against the injustice and inequality wrought by a decade of austerity. The pandemic and the lockdown measures taken by governments have paralysed economies and threaten to tip millions of people into poverty, with women, refugees, migrant workers and those […]

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Case study

Alternative Business Models for Start-ups and SMEs in Tunisia with High Potential to Create Jobs for Youth and Women

26/03/2020

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in local-level economic development. Access to finance is essential for SMEs to grow and innovate. In Tunisia, SMEs face a lack of support on financing. To address this issue, Oxfam in Tunisia works with the organization Impact Partner, which has supported a group of women pottery […]

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Research report

Et s’il y avait une grève dans les foyers ? Étude sur l’impact du travail de soins non rémunéré sur les femmes vivant en Tunisie : accès au travail, autonomisation économique et bien-être

25/01/2020

1 documents

58 pages long

Languages: French

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Le travail de soin non rémunéré désigne toutes les activités qualifiées de travaux reproductifs ou domestiques au sein des foyers sur une base non marchande. Bien que ce travail est essentiel pour l’équilibre de la société et l’épanouissement de la famille et le développement économique des pays, les normes sociales patriarcales d’un côté et les […]

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Briefing note

The Gendered Impact of IMF Policies in MENA: The case of Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia

08/10/2019

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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This paper takes a closer look at the gendered impact of conventional macroeconomic policies supported by the International Monetary Fund in its loan programmes for Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia since 2012. It calls on the IMF to build on its ongoing efforts to operationalize gender equality, and to go beyond policies of encouraging women’s labour […]

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