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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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Challenges of conflict and industrial policy for development

How effective is industrial policy as a tool for long-term economic growth and development? Against the backdrop of the conflict currently engulfing the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MENAAP), a new report argues that while industrial policies are widely used across the region, they can only address market failures and foster growth when they are aligned with country capabilities, implemented with accountability and backed by capable institutions.

The green transition in MENA economies: challenges and policy pathways

The economies of the Middle East and North Africa are at a critical turning point. Global decarbonisation pressures, energy market volatility and technological transformation are increasingly challenging hydrocarbon-based growth models. This column argues that the green transition is not only an environmental necessity but also a strategic economic imperative.

Beyond job creation: how can Egypt’s gender gap in work be closed?

More than 2 million jobs are needed each year to absorb new entrants into Egypt’s labour market and raise the country’s employment rate. The job challenge is even more acute for women, whose labour force participation remains low despite recent gains in education. This column reports on the second Development Dialogue, an ERF–World Bank Group joint initiative, which brought together students, scholars, policy-makers and private sector leaders at the American University in Cairo to consider how the country’s gender gap in work can be closed.

The political economy of algorithms in the Middle East

The Middle East is entering a new political-economic era – one in which algorithms, data and artificial intelligence may become as strategically important as oil once was. Across the region, governments are investing heavily in digital infrastructure, smart governance and AI-driven economic transformation. This column outlines how AI and algorithmic governance are reshaping power, inequality and state capacity in the region.




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