Workshop "The Middle Classes in MENA Countries"

The workshop is organised and supported by Association Tiers-Monde, Université Grenoble-Alpes, IUT de Valence, Research laboratory CREG, Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association, the Maghreb-Machrek and Maghreb-Mashrek International journals.
It takes place in person and online at the Valence branch of the University Grenoble-Alpes:

8:40 Registration - Welcoming

9: 00   Opening of the Workshop
 

9:15 - 10:05   The Quality of Employment in MENA Countries: The Place and Dynamics of the Middle Class   -   Slides   -   Discussion
     • Adrien FRONTENAUD (CREG, Université Grenoble-Alpes, France)

10:05 - 10h55   Gender Gap in Self-Employment and Employership: RegionalDifferences in Turkey   -   Slides   -   Discussion
     • Gizem Umut DOGAN (Turkish Statistical Institute, Ankara, Turkey),
     • Ertugrul DELIKTAS (Izmir Katip Celebi University, Izmir, Turkey)
     • Aysit TANSEL (Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey)

10:55   Coffee break

11:10 - 12:00   The middle-class of Enterprises in Middle East and North Africa during the pandemic: Do Covid-19 adaptive strategies improve access to credit?   -   Slides   -   Discussion 1   -   Discussion 2
     • Imène BERGUIGA (University of Sousse, Tunisia)

12:00 - 13:30   Lunch

13:30 - 14:20   Après le printemps arabe et la crise COVID, que reste-t-il desclasses moyennes tunisiennes ?   -   Slides
     • Céline BONNEFOND (CREG, Université Grenoble-Alpes, France)
     • Fatma MABROUK (Princess Norah Bint Abdulrahman University, Saoudi Arabia)

14:20 - 15:10   L’entrepreneuriat des jeunes en Algérie : déterminants et inégalités de genre   -   Slides   -   Discussion
     • Youghourta BELLACHE (Université de Bejaia, Algérie)

15:10   Coffee break

15:25 - 16:15   Social Class and Entrepreneurship in a North African Setting: Analyzing the Applications of Returning Migrants for API Projects in Tunisia   -   Slides   -   Discussion 1   -   Discussion 2
     • Abdelwahab BENHAFAIED (Applied Social Science Forum, Tunisia)
     • Laurence O. MICHALAK (University of California/Berkeley, USA) 

16:15 - 17:05   La fuite des cerveaux affaiblit-elle ou renforce-t-elle les classes moyennes des pays du Maghreb ?   -   Slides   -   Discussion 1   -   Discussion 2
     • Zahir HADIBI (Université de Bejaia, Algérie)
     • Saib MUSETTE (CREAD, Algérie)

17:05 - 17:15   Closure of the Workshop

19:30 - 22:00   Gala dinner

Scientific Committee     Steering Committee

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Key dates

Deadline for the receipt of proposals: Extended deadline : March 22nd, 2023 (Call for Paper)
Assessment by the Scientific Committee: March 30^th, 2023
Free but compulsory registration to the workshop: Avril 10^th, 2023
Deadline for the full-text receipt: May 13^th, 2023