Seminars, Webinars, & High-level Events
Webinar on Global Fragmentation, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis
June 30, 2026
The International Monetary Fund Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (IMF-CEF), in partnership with the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) and in collaboration with the EU-Mediterranean and African Network for Economic Studies (EMANES), organized the third IMF-CEF & EMEA Joint Research Webinar on Regional Economic Challenges in the Arab and Mediterranean Regions on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The webinar was chaired by Mr. Sami Ben Naceur (Director of the IMF-CEF) and Prof. Rym Ayadi (President of EMEA and Director of EMANES), who delivered the opening remarks. Mr. Rashid Sbia (IMF-CEF Resident Advisor) moderated the event.
The webinar featured a presentation of the research paper “Global Fragmentation, Fiscal Policy, and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis” by Prof. Gazi Salah Uddin (Professor of Financial Economics at Linköping University). The speaker presented new evidence on how geopolitical fragmentation affects output and debt and fiscal rules can mitigate these effects. Co-author Mr. John Berine (Principal Economist at Asian Development Bank) helped answering questions in the Q&A.
This event was well attended and attracted a diverse audience, comprising public sector officials, academics, and researchers from a wide set of institutions across the Arab and Mediterranean regions.
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