new III Workshop on Economics of the Mediterranean, Barcelona June 26 - 27.
Preliminary program!
 

Recent comment from a young Tunisian research economist:
"I am persuaded that the community of researchers interested by the MENA economies need the kind of structure and focal point that is the CREMed."

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Papers from two recently completed CREMed Research Projects: International trade, transport and the environment in the Euro-Med Area  and Moroccans’ Assimilation in Spain: Family-Based versus Labor-Based Migration are now available in the CREMed Working Paper Series.

Best Paper  

Turkey

CREMed Best Student Paper Award 2011

(Call for papers now closed)

The Center for Research on the Economies of the Mediterranean (Barcelona GSE and IEMed) is pleased to announce the the 1st annual CREMed Best Student Paper Award.  The call is open to all students currently working on a PhD at any university who wish to submit high-quality research papers on the Economies of the Mediterranean region.

Papers submitted are currently under review by an international tribunal (Best Paper Committee) including the CREMed Directors and CREMed Research Affiliates.  A prize of € 2.000 will be awarded to the best paper. The deadline for Paper submissions was 30 September 2011. Suggested topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:


 Structural reforms and economic growth in Mediterranean countries

Institutional framework, governance, corruption and capacity building: their influence on the economic development in the region

Economic integration and free trade among Mediterranean countries. Monitoring the Doha process

Finance for development: internal and external resources. FDI, ODA, Microfinance’s and fiscal revenues

Migration and development: migrant movements inside and outside the Mediterranean region. The impact of remittances

Water management and sanitation in Mediterranean region

Food security, food prices and agricultural productive structure

Economic impact of improving basic education and health services in the Mediterranean countries

Transportation and Logistics in the Mediterranean region

Energy cooperation, energy dependency and climate change within the Mediterranean countries and the EU

Impact evaluation, causality and evaluation methodologies for public policies, programs and development projects

Aid effectiveness and Millennium Development Goals in Mediterranean countries


The decision of the Best Paper Committee will be made public by 15 December 2011. For complete guidelines, please consult the Call for Papers. Please feel free to share this information with other researchers who might be interested.







Economic integration and free trade among Mediterranean countries. Monitoring the Doha process