EMEA Webinar “The role of debt in climate finance for the Mediterranean and Africa” completed successfully

The webinar “The role of debt in climate finance for the Mediterranean and Africa” was organised by the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA and took place online on Wednesday 28 February 20243. Climate change is one of the world’s greatest challenges, and developing countries are those paying the highest price for its impacts with a…

EMEA Webinar: The role of debt in climate finance for the Mediterranean and Africa

Climate change is one of the world’s greatest challenges, and developing countries are those paying the highest price for its impacts with a lack of instruments to mitigate and adapt. Overall, Africa is one of the lowest contributors to the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change, yet key development sectors have already experienced widespread losses…

Policy paper “Infrastructure financing to enhance transparency, liquidity and sustainability” published by the T20

We are honored to announce that the policy brief “Infrastructure financing to enhance transparency, liquidity and sustainability: A policy and regulatory framework” has been published by the Task Force 8: Inclusive, Resilient, and Greener Infrastructure Investment and Financing, of the T20. The policy brief has been authored by Prof. Rym Ayadi – Professor at The…

Policy paper “A proposal for a blended financing framework for recovery and accelerated sustainable transition” published by the T20

We are happy to announce that the policy brief “A proposal for a blended financing framework for recovery and accelerated sustainable transition” has been published by the Task Force 9: Global Cooperation for SDG Financing, of the T20. The policy brief has been authored by Prof. Rym Ayadi – Professor at The Bayes Business School…

EMEA President Prof. Rym Ayadi participates at the DebtCon5, the Fifth Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference hosted by PCNS

The President of the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA, Prof. Rym Ayadi, participated at DebtCon5, the Fifth Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference, highlighting that “a well-designed financial stability mechanism for Africa could address a looming debt crisis and subsequent negative spillover effects on the economies and societies.” The event was organised  on 11 May…

EMEA President Prof. Rym Ayadi lectures on Financing Infrastructure Development at ADB Institute

The President of the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA, Prof. Rym Ayadi lectures on financing infrastructure development in the e-learning course “sustainable and Quality Infrastructure Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic” of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The course examines shifts in infrastructure needs during the COVID-19 crisis and ways to advance new projects critical to…

Policy paper on “Debt Relief for Sustainable Recovery in Low and Middle Income Countries” published by the T20

We are happy to announce that the policy brief “Debt Relief for Sustainable Recovery in Low-and Middle-Income Countries: Proposal for New Funding Mechanisms to Complement the DSSI” has been published by the Task Force 5: 2030 Agenda and Development Cooperation, of the T20. The policy brief has been co-authored by Prof. Rym Ayadi – Professor…

EMEA President, Prof. Rym Ayadi, participates at the T20 Roundtable on “Banking for Sustainable and Inclusive Infrastructure”

The President of the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association – EMEA, Prof. Rym Ayadi, participated at the Roundtable “Banking for Sustainable and Inclusive Infrastructure””, which was organised by Istituto Affari Internazionali – IAI, T20 National Co-Chair in collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo on 21 July 2021. The roundtable aimed to encourage the dialogue between the T20 and other…

EMEA participation in webinar for sovereign defaults and debt transparency

The President of EMEA, Prof. Rym Ayadi participated at the webinar “Sovereign defaults and debt transparency: what’s ahead?” which weas organised by CountryRisk.io on 06 July 2021. The webinar was moderated by Dr. Moritz Kraemer, Chief Economist at CountryRisk.io and member of the EMEA Expert Panel. At her intervention Prof. Ayadi discussed the progress and…

EMEA President, Prof. Rym Ayadi, highlights the importance of debt transparency at the webinar “Atlantic approaches to global challenges”

The President of EMEA, Prof. Rym Ayadi was one of the speakers of the webinar “Atlantic approaches to global challenges: Sustainability, recovery and new security threats” which took place online on 28 and 29 June 2021. Prof. Ayadi participated at the panel “Transborder Economic Flows from an Atlantic Perspective: Post Covid-19 Economic Recovery: is there…