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The International Monetary Fund–Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (IMF-CEF) and the Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA), in collaboration with the EU-Mediterranean and African Network for Economic Studies (EMANES), are pleased to invite you to attend the webinar titled:

Resilience by Design: What Role Can Policy Frameworks Play in the Middle East and North Africa?

This webinar is part of the IMF-CEF / EMEA Joint Research Webinar Series on Regional Economic Policy Challenges aimed at connecting frontier, policy-relevant economic research with pressing macroeconomic and financial policy challenges across the Arab and Mediterranean regions.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89932266702

Dr. Moez Souissi, IMF-CEF Deputy Director and

Prof. Rym Ayadi, EMEA President and EMANES Director

Dr. Salem Nechi, IMF-CEF Resident Advisor

As external shocks become more frequent for the Middle East and North Africa region, an increasingly important policy question is how policy frameworks and policy mixes can help economies better withstand these shocks. Drawing on empirical analysis and model-based scenarios, this research finds that as countries diversify exports and deepen financial markets, credible inflation targeting with greater exchange rate flexibility could enable faster adjustment. It also finds that robust fiscal rules can help anchor long-term expectations, lower risk premiums, and create space for countercyclical fiscal responses. Overall, the findings underscore the importance of resilient, flexible, and well-anchored macroeconomic policy frameworks in enhancing economic resilience to external shocks.