GEM : Groupe d’Économie Mondiale

Upcoming Seminar:

March 18th, 2010, 5.00 pm : "The Optimal Basel Capital Requirement to Cope with Pro-cyclicality: Theory and Impact on Japanese Banks", by Professor Naoyuki YOSHINO, from KEIO University, Room H202a- Sciences Po, 28 rue des Saints Pères, 2nd Floor. Invitation.

GEM's Research Programmes

Besides the whole range of trade issues and regulatory reforms, GEM has a few special programmes:

"Common Agricultural Policy -
Efficiency, Equity and Transparency" (CAP+)
(English version, Version française)

Conference "The 2020 European agriculture"
(English version, version française)

"Reform in International Transport Services" (RITS)
(English version)

"Global Trade and Financial Architecture"
English Version

"Managing the World Water Gap" (GAP)
(English version)

Latest publications

Cattaneo, Olivier, "Comment le G20 doit préparer la gouvernance mondiale du XXIe siècle", Les Echos, March 12, 2010.

Kohler, Philippe, "Foreign direct investment in countries with weak institutions", GEM Policy Brief, March 2010.

Messerlin, Patrick, "How the rich OECD nations should handle the emerging giants", Europe's world, Spring 2010. (Article selected by Project Syndicate).

Jomini, Patrick, Boulanger, Pierre, Zhang, Xiao-guang, Costa, Catherine, and Osborne, Michelle, "The common agricultural policy and the French, EU and global economies", GEM Working Paper, October 2009. Revised February 2, 2010.

Boulanger, Pierre, Jomini, Patrick, "Of the benefits to the EU of removing the Common Agricultural Policy", GEM Policy Brief, November 19, 2009. Revised February 2, 2010.

Modwel, Suman, Jelassi, , "Productivity of India’s Offshore Outsourcing Sector: Business-based Evidence", GEM Policy Brief du GEM, February 2010.

Messerlin, Patrick A., "The trade agenda and the WTO after the Pittsburgh G20 Summit", GEM Policy Brief, October 2009.

Tsai, Charles, "Regulatory reform in China’s health sector", GEM Policy Brief, February 2010.

Costa, Catherine, Osborne, Michelle, Zhang, Xiao-guang, Boulanger, Pierre, and Jomini, Patrick, "Modelling the Effects of the EU Common Agricultural Policy", Productivity Commission Staff Working Paper, Melbourne, December 2009.

Boulanger, Pierre, Messerlin, Patrick A., "Long-term challenges facing European Agriculture: The need for new public and private policies", GMF Policy Brief, October 2009.

Geloso Grosso, Massimo, Shepherd, Ben, "Liberalising air cargo services in APEC" , GEM Working Paper, October 2009.

Engman, Michael, "Half a century of exporting educational services: Assessing Egypt’s role in educating the Arab world", GEM Working Paper, October 2009.

Engman, Michael, "Circular labour migration and offshoring of it services: What can be done to remove unnecessary trade barriers?", GEM Working Paper, September 2009.

Shepherd, Ben, Miroudot, Sébastien, "Leveraging Trade in Services to Consolidate Global Economic Recovery: An Agenda for the G-20", GEM Policy Brief, September 2009.

Events

February 24th, 2010, 5.00 pm : "Russia and energy security: The role of domestic competition for external energy policy", by Fredrik Erixon, Room Goguel Bis - Sciences Po, 56 rue des Saints Pères, 5th Floor. Invitation.

October 19, 2009: GEM - GMF: "Globalization at Risk: Challenges to Finance and Trade".

October 14, 2009: Pascal Lamy's reference to GEM researches on services in “Continued policy and regulatory reform in favour of services trade will be vital to supporting economic recovery”.

September 15, 2009: Sciences Po - LSE : "Securing the Promise of Nanotechnologies: Towards Transatlantic Regulatory Cooperation".

June 23, 2009: GMF Conference in Brussels: "From the CAP to Competitiveness: The Common Agricultural Policy and the European Budget".

Presentation of Pierre Boulanger:
"Distribution of farm subsidies : the French experience"
Presentation of Patrick Jomini:
"Modelling the effects of the common agricultural policy"
Presentation of Patrick Messerlin:
"The 2020 European agriculture".

June 16, 2009: Patrick Messerlin at the GMF Trade Expert Briefing for Commissioner Catherine Ashton on the world trade system's future challenges.

March 18, 2009: Prof. Naoyuki YOSHINO : “How to Revitalize the Japanese and Asian Economies ?”. Invitation.

March 3, 2009: Conference: The Future of Banana World Trade: An international multi-stakeholder roundtable. Programme. List of participants. Synthesis of the roundtable.

Media

December 9, 2009: Interview of Pierre Boulanger in the "Allô Bruxelles" broadcast, RFI: "Réformer la PAC et le budget européen".

August 6, 2009: Interview of Pierre Boulanger, Les Echos: "Recouvrement de subventions aux producteurs de fruits et légumes".

June 26 and July 1, 2009: Interview of Pierre Boulanger, TV Agri, "JTA"and "Contre-Champs".

May 31, 2009: Emilie Pons, GEM Op-Ed: "Le risque d’une certification minimaliste de l’éthanol".

May 28, 2009: Interview of Pierre Boulanger, Le Parisien, "Une minorité de firmes capte la majorité des aides".

April 30, 2009: Interview of Pierre Boulanger, Challenges, "La France rompt enfin avec l’opacité agricole".

April 8, 2009: Patrick Messerlin, VEJA: "O fantasma do protecionismo".

April 2, 2009: Patrick Messerlin, The Arena Debate, Politico, www.politico.com