The new EuroMed Report is now available
Repatriation of Refugees from Arab Conflicts : Conditions, Costs and Scenarios for Reconstruction*
The report is available for download here.
This report discusses the issue of repatriation of refugees in impacted countries of the South Med region.
Through its four chapters, the authors start by looking into the characteristics of these refugees and the conditions affecting their decisions to return.
This overview is followed by an analysis of the possible political settlement scenarios and reconstructions’ potentials, with a focus on the possible role of the international community.
The authors then analyse the economic costs of conflicts as well as post-conflict growth scenarios.
The report concludes by highlighting the main findings and providing policy insights into how to address this issue to ensure a safe, sustainable and dignified return of refugees to their home countries.
Contributors
Dr. Ibrahim Elbadawi, President of FEMISE and Managing Director of ERF
Dr. Samir Makidisi, Institute of Financial Economics, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Dr. Semih Tumen, Associate Professor of Economics at TED University, Turkey
Dr. Belal Fallah, Director of research at Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute-MAS, Palestine
Dr. Roger Albinyana, Director of Mediterranean Regional Policies and Human Development, IEMED, Spain
Dr. Maryse Louis, General Manager, FEMISE
Ms. Jala Emad Youssef, AUC, Egypt
The Euromed Report is an annual publication of FEMISE that is addressing themes of importance and interest to the EU-Med region. The report brings value-added to the themes it covers through in-depth analysis by economists from the North and the South of the Mediterranean, using a multidisciplinary approach. This brings a common view from the two shores of the Mediterranean and provides policy recommendations that can make a contribution to the South Med countries during their transition.
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This report received financial support from the European Union through the FEMISE project on “Support to Economic Research, studies and dialogues of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership”. Any views expressed in this seminar are the sole responsibility of the authors and the speakers.