International migration is attracting growing interest in academia and policymakers in both hosting and sending countries. International migration is central in improving living standards of migrants and their families, supporting the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of the 2030 global...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate empirically the determinants of financial structure in the Moroccan manufacturing firms. The paper contributes to the empirical literature on capital structure in developing countries. It relies on the data collected by the Firm Analysis and...

The purpose of this paper is to assess welfare effects of regulating the banking sector in Morocco along the European Union lines. The agreement between the EU and Morocco, signed in February 1996 and came into force in March 2000, provides for the gradual establishment of an industrial...

The purpose of this paper is to present the major developments recorded in telecommunication sector in Morocco and assess the impact of regulating the telecommunication sector in Morocco along the European Union lines. The basic assumption underlying this work is the following. Further...

Business services have been overlooked in explaining observed variability in firms’ productive performance and their propensity to innovate, and export. This paper contributes to the scarce empirical literature on the issue using Morocco’s manufacturing sector firm level data. Three...

The gap in Morocco between the legislative framework (de jure) and the everyday life reality (de facto) forces us to take a closer look at the barriers to women's access to market work, pay equity, entrepreneurship, and positions of responsibility. The gap encourages us to examine the multiple...

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the equilibrium real exchange rate and derive the degree of misalignment for five MENA currencies: the Algerian Dinar, the Moroccan Dirham, the Egyptian Pound, the Tunisian Dinar and the Turkish lira. Exchange rate policy represents a key tool in...