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Brahim Guizani

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Brahim Guizani
Assistant Professor, Tunis Business School

Brahim Guizani is an assistant professor of Economics at Tunis Business School, University of Tunis, Tunisia. He obtained his, PhD degree (2010) in economics from Tohoku University in Japan, and Masters degree (2002) in Money and Finance from the University of Carthage in Tunisia. His main areas of research are Monetary Policy, Financial Stability and MENA Economics. He has published his articles in Journal of Financial Stability, Asian Survey, Middle East Development Journal and Stateco. Dr. Guizani was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA and previously was appointed as ERASMUS post-doctoral fellow at the University of Messina in Italy. Before starting his doctorate, he worked for three years at the department of Banking Supervision at the Central Bank of Tunisia.

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Financial development, corruption and informality in MENA

Reducing the extent of informality in the Middle East and North Africa would help to promote economic growth. This column reports evidence on how corruption and financial development influence the size of the informal economy in countries across the region. The efficiency of the financial sector in MENA economies reduces the corruption incentive for firms to seek to join and stay in the formal sector.

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The political economy of stalled structural reforms in MENA

There is a persistent pattern to the structural reforms that are required to underpin economic progress in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa: ambitious strategies are announced and partially implemented, but ultimately they are diluted or reversed. This column argues that the repeated stalling of reform is not primarily a failure of economic design. Rather, it reflects deep-seated political economy constraints rooted in rent dependence, elite bargaining and weak institutional credibility. Without addressing these underlying dynamics, reform efforts are likely to remain symbolic rather than transformative.

Untapped talent, unrealised growth: jobs and women in the MENAAP region

Only around one in five women of working age participate in the labour markets of the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. As this column explains, the region can no longer afford to leave half its human capital underused. Expanding women’s labour force participation is central to growth and resilience in the face of looming demographic change.

Closing the gender gap in political participation in MENA

Women across the Middle East and North Africa participate less than men in politics – not only in political parties and elections, but also in petitions, boycotts, protests and strikes. This column reports evidence from ten countries showing that differences in education, employment and political attitudes explain part of this disparity, yet a significant gender gap remains.

Labour demand and informal employment in Egypt’s manufacturing sector

Egypt’s manufacturing sector faces a dual challenge of weak job creation and persistent informality. Drawing on survey evidence on business behaviour and labour market dynamics, this column explains why job creation is limited and informal work remains such an integral part of how firms organise production. The generation of more formal jobs requires a comprehensive policy approach, one that goes beyond enforcement of labour regulations to reshape the economic environment in which firms and workers make decisions.




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