Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Women in the Middle East and North Africa continue to struggle to gain access to job opportunities and remain vulnerable to poverty.
Arab economies are plagued by unemployment, informal unprotected work, and income disparities. Policymakers need to set the conditions to create productive and inclusive societies and lift the region out of poverty.
Although Arab states have made admirable progress in reducing the gap between men and women in areas such as access to education and health care, more female participation in the region’s political and economic life is still needed.
Morocco’s foreign trade deficit has been worsening in recent years, with imports at twice the level of exports. The country’s trade deficit now accounts for 23 percent of GDP, a level unprecedented in Morocco’s recent history.
Civil society is one of the key pillars of democratic governance and countries aspiring for an inclusive and transparent political and economic process must empower civil society.
The Arab Spring aroused historic economic and political expectations among populations in the Maghreb, but Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia continue facing tough economic times.
Tremendous political, economic, and social changes need to occur in post-revolution Libya. Unlike in Tunisia or Egypt, political structures and state institutions will have to emerge from the ground up.
Only a few months after the demise of Ben Ali, Carnegie's Lahcen Achy and Tunisian economists organized a conference in Tunis to discuss challenges and perspectives for Tunisia to achieve its democratic transition and enhance socioeconomic development.
The latest uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have put socioeconomic issues at the forefront of the political debate, and achieving a more inclusive growth has become a key challenge for the region's governments.
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