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10 May 2012

Update on MENA and the Deauville Partnership (G8)

Ahead of the Toronto G8 Summit on 19-20 May, what are the prospect for governance and investment in the MENA region? The G8 research group keeps track of publicly available information on the preparations of the policy summit. Concerning the Deauville Partnership, which aims to lend practical support for the Arab states engaged in democratic transition, the research group memo summarizes recent declarations during the year of the French presidency of the initiative (page 3-4) noting the wish experessed by France that Morocco will join the Partnership.
The US is chairing during the year 2012 and has issued a policy overview following the Paris meeting in April (see State media note) listing achievements and projects related to finance and trade, investment and integration. For more, see OECD pages for the announcement of the Paris meeting, the agenda and some of the presentations.

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