Karim El Aynaoui
Managing Director, OCP Policy Center
Karim El Aynaoui is Executive President of the Policy Center for the New South and Executive Vice-President of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco, and Dean of its Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences Cluster. He previously worked at the Central Bank of Morocco and the World Bank. His recent research has focused on growth and the labour market in Morocco, and on reforming international development finance. He holds scientific and advisory positions at various institutions and is an advisor to the CEO and Chairman of OCP Group and a board member of OCP Foundation. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Bordeaux.
Featured work
Green intersections: the global embedding of climate change in policy
Disease, like poverty, does not stay at home
To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, best practice responses in Africa need to be implemented around international collaboration. These include the need to
Backstage: Shared prosperity for the EU and north Africa
Bruegel's director Guntram Wolff looks at north Africa's economic growth in the light of the region's trade agreements with the EU, welcoming Karim El
Seven years after the crisis: intersecting perspectives
This joint publication brings together the papers produced as part of the first collaboration between Bruegel and the OCP Policy Center. Within the th
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Blueprint
10 April 2025
Opinion piece
08 April 2020
Disease, like poverty, does not stay at home
To fight the Covid-19 pandemic, best practice responses in Africa need to be implemented around international collaboration. These include the need to
Podcast
27 November 2018
Backstage: Shared prosperity for the EU and north Africa
Bruegel's director Guntram Wolff looks at north Africa's economic growth in the light of the region's trade agreements with the EU, welcoming Karim El
Event
11 October 2018
Policy responses for an EU-MENA shared future
In the third edition of the "Platform for Advanced & Emerging Economies Policy Dialogue" we will discuss trade flows and trade policy between Europe a
External publication
19 August 2016
Seven years after the crisis: intersecting perspectives
This joint publication brings together the papers produced as part of the first collaboration between Bruegel and the OCP Policy Center. Within the th
Event
31 May 2016
Euro-Mediterranean energy talks
The energy landscape of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean is inefficient and unsustainable. Yet there is much potential for cooperation. How coul
Event
31 March 2016
Seven Years after the Crisis: Intersecting Perspectives
First edition of the annual "Platform for Advanced & Emerging Economies Policy Dialogue"