Workshop and call for papers "The Informal Economy in the MENA Region: Scale, Trends and Formalisation"

Authors bios

Program
 

9:30-9:40 
Opening the workshop     Slides
Céline BONNEFOND & Philippe ADAIR

Chair: Céline BONNEFOND (CREG)
9:45-10:25
Économie informelle et stabilité politique dans la région MENA : une approche par panels dynamiques     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Othmane BOURHABA
     • Discussant: Maya GHEROUFELLA

10:30-11:10 
Économie informelle et circulation du cash en Afrique du Nord     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Hicham SADOK
     • Discussant: Aomar IBOURK 

11:15-11:25 Coffee break

Chair: Adrien FAUDOT (CREG)

11:25-12:05 
Les déterminants selon le genre de l’informalité économique dans les villes irakiennes : une analyse microéconomique comparative     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Dominique SALLA
     • Discussant: Chaïb BOUNOUA

12:10-12:50
Informal Startup Financing in the MENA region: Bibliometric Insights     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Sonia KHERBACHI
     • Discussant: Othmane BOURHABA

12:55-13:50 Lunch

Chair : Gaëlle DESPIERRE CORPORON

13:50-14:30
From Employment Guarantees to Structural Reforms: Employment Informality in Egypt     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Vladimir HLASNY
     • Discussant: Philippe ADAIR

14:35-15:15 
Informal Employment: Deliberate Choice or Last Resort? A Job Satisfaction Perspective     Slides      Discussion
     • Speaker: Maya GHEROUFELLA
     • Discussant: Youssef BOUAZIZI

15:20-15:30 Coffee break

Chair: Philippe ADAIR (ERUDITE)

15:30-16:10 
The Formalization of Women Operating in the Informal Sector in Morocco: Between Institutional Framework and Public Incentives     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Aomar IBOURK
     • Discussant: Jacques CHARMES

16:15-16:55 
Does Business Formalization Improve Access to Credit? Evidence from Iraqi Microenterprises     Slides     Discussion
     • Speaker: Youssef BOUAZIZI
     • Discussant: Moundir LASSASSI

17:00-17:05 
Wrapping up the workshop     Slides
     • Céline BONNEFOND & Philippe ADAIR

Maghreb-Mashreq International is the English edition of the Maghreb-Machrek journal, published since 1964 and indexed in Scopus. The next issue of Maghreb-Mashreq International is dedicated to “The Informal Economy in the MENA Region: Scale, Trends and Formalisation”, editors Philippe Adair and Jacques Charmes. 

This issue will include six to nine papers selected through a double-blind process of peer reviewing.

Call for papers

Papers complying with the journal guidelines should be submitted to agpaediteska.fr (agpaedit[at]eska[dot]fr) and adairu-pec.fr (adair[at]u-pec[dot]fr) at the latest by May 12, 2025.
Preselection of papers: May 12-19, 2025.
Notification to authors: May 20, 2025.
Workshop/Webinar in Valence (Remote/in person): June 13, 2025
Selection of the papers, final draft: July 28, 2025
Copyediting and formatting: September 22, 2025
Publication of the issue: November 10-24, 2025