Brussels, 10/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - Under the aegis of the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Euro-Mediterranean Forum for Economic Science Institutes (FEMISE) has published a study on the structural changes and industrial policy in four countries linked to the EU by association agreements, and which benefit from economic and industrial cooperation. The countries are ranked among the most efficient in the Euro-Mediterranean region - Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt.
According to an official presentation, the study highlights that cooperation with the EU, along with national developments in these countries, resulted in “a certain degree of structural transformation over time, moving from agriculture-based activity to services- and industry-based activity”. Turkey comes in top position, followed by Tunisia, then Egypt, and finally Morocco.
As regards the diversification of exports, Egypt and Turkey both do better than the other two countries. The study also states that “the authorities of these four countries admit that this transformation is far from satisfactory”. The report can be consulted on the FEMISE website (http://www.femise.org ) (our translation throughout). (Fathi B'Chir)