Tunisia: ATE Conference on Growth in the Maghreb Region
12 December 2011
Read by 1392 persons
Despite relatively strong growth in the Maghreb countries between 1990 and 2010, the employment situation remains tense. These countries are characterized by both rapid growth in labor supply and insufficient job creation. This means that economic growth, even if strong, has not been able to absorb the growing influx of labor sufficiently. This has resulted in high unemployment rates in almost all the countries of the sub-region.
In response to this situation, the Maghreb countries have long adopted certain employment support measures. However, despite multiple public interventions, the unemployment rate remains high and pressures on the labor market are increasing.
In addition to unemployment, these countries face challenges such as the competitiveness challenge in the face of increasingly intense competition both internally and internationally; weak private investment; significant but insufficient foreign direct investment to generate massive technology transfer; a production structure that is not sufficiently diversified and has low added value. On the social level, the Maghreb countries experience poverty, exclusion, and marginalization.
Creating more viable and sustainable jobs remains a high priority for these countries. The pace of job creation can and must be accelerated. A high unemployment rate implies significant long-term economic, social, and political costs, and unemployment threatens to erode skills, worsens poverty and inequality, and leads to social marginalization.
To this end, the Association of Tunisian Economists has prepared a comprehensive program with a conference and a doctoral school that will be organized according to the following program:
Conference Schedule
December 15, 2011: One-page communication proposals:
Email: asectu2012@gmail.com
December 30, 2011: Response from the scientific committee.
March 31, 2012: Sending of final texts.
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
April 2, 2012: Proposals for Thesis Projects
The conference will attempt to answer questions such as:
- Why hasn't growth created enough jobs?
- What are the main constraints on job creation, especially for young graduates?
- How can government policy help promote job creation and reduce unemployment?
- How to fight poverty?
- How to promote regional development?....
Email: asectu2012@gmail.com
April 22, 2012: Response from the scientific committee
June 7-8-9, 2012: Tunisian Economists Forum 2011
Tunisiait.com
Published on December 12, 2011.
Posted online on December 12, 2011.
In response to this situation, the Maghreb countries have long adopted certain employment support measures. However, despite multiple public interventions, the unemployment rate remains high and pressures on the labor market are increasing.
In addition to unemployment, these countries face challenges such as the competitiveness challenge in the face of increasingly intense competition both internally and internationally; weak private investment; significant but insufficient foreign direct investment to generate massive technology transfer; a production structure that is not sufficiently diversified and has low added value. On the social level, the Maghreb countries experience poverty, exclusion, and marginalization.
Creating more viable and sustainable jobs remains a high priority for these countries. The pace of job creation can and must be accelerated. A high unemployment rate implies significant long-term economic, social, and political costs, and unemployment threatens to erode skills, worsens poverty and inequality, and leads to social marginalization.
To this end, the Association of Tunisian Economists has prepared a comprehensive program with a conference and a doctoral school that will be organized according to the following program:
Conference Schedule
December 15, 2011: One-page communication proposals:
Email: asectu2012@gmail.com
December 30, 2011: Response from the scientific committee.
March 31, 2012: Sending of final texts.
DOCTORAL SCHOOL
April 2, 2012: Proposals for Thesis Projects
The conference will attempt to answer questions such as:
- Why hasn't growth created enough jobs?
- What are the main constraints on job creation, especially for young graduates?
- How can government policy help promote job creation and reduce unemployment?
- How to fight poverty?
- How to promote regional development?....
Email: asectu2012@gmail.com
April 22, 2012: Response from the scientific committee
June 7-8-9, 2012: Tunisian Economists Forum 2011
Tunisiait.com
Published on December 12, 2011.
Posted online on December 12, 2011.
