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Middle East and North Africa

The Maghreb Union is one of the world's worst-performing trading blocs. Here are five ways to change that

The Maghreb, in Northern Africa, is the perfect example of a region whose countries have been unable to find their way to a deeper integration. But there are ways to turn this around.

Wadia Ait Hamza 01 Jun 2017

World Economic Forum contributors

Justin Adams

Executive Director, Tropical Forest Alliance

Marco Aguilar

Marketing Communications Lead

Wadia Ait Hamza

Head of the Global Shapers Community

Oluwasooto Ajayi

Specialist, Communications and Engagement

Sofiat Akinola

Abdullahi Alim

Specialist, Africa and Middle East, Global Shapers Community

Roberta Alimonda

Community Engagement Specialist

Fatima Al Zahra Hewaidi

Community Lead, Business Engagement, MEA

Susanne Andreae

Head of Health and Healthcare Industry

Adwoa Bagalini

Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion Lead

Itan BARMES

Project Fellow, Quantum Security

Joel Barnor

Africa Hub Director, Sustainable Development Investment Partnership

Filipe Beato

Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity

Katja Bechtel

Practice Lead, Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI)

Michael Stanley Becker

Communications Lead, 1torg

Teresa Belardo

Community Lead, Regional Agenda, Europe

Emma Benameur

Head of Impact Innovation and Engagement; Member of the Executive Committee

Andrew Berkley

Lead, Immersive Technology and Content

Tamla Berry

Digital Campaign Specialist, UpLink

Francisco Betti

Head of Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing & Value Chains; ExCom Memb

Felipe Bezamat

Head of Advanced Manufacturing Industry

Sakshi Bhatnagar

Digital Project Specialist, Public Engagement

Francesca Bianchi

Legal and Privacy Counsel

Roberto Bocca

Head of Shaping the Future of Energy and Materials; Member of the Executive Committee

François Bonnici

Director, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship; Head, Social Innovation

Kimberley Botwright

Community Lead, Global Trade and Investment

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Madeleine Brandes

Specialist, Global Plastics Action Partnership

Børge Brende

Kris Broekaert

Government Affairs Lead

Katherine Brown

Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Initiatives

Sebastian Buckup

Head of Affiliate Centers, C4IR

Helen Burdett

Head, Circular Economy

Marcus Burke

Research Analyst, Media, Entertainment and Sport

Chantelle Buultjens

Specialist, Operations and Partner Engagement

Edgard Carneiro Vieira

Policy Analyst and Engagement Specialist

Andrew Caruana Galizia

Acting Deputy Head of Europe and Eurasia

Gill Cassar

Alice Charles

Project Lead, Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services Platform

Mo Chatterji

Project Fellow, Scale360°

Gitanjali Chaturvedi

Project Lead, Gender, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Emma Skov Christiansen

Lead, Shipping Emissions and Ocean Agenda

Abhinav Chugh

Acting Content and Partnerships Lead

Natalie Çilem

Community Specialist, Civil Society

Jennifer Clauzure

Project Specialist, Tropical Forest Alliance

Taylor Clayton

Program and Governance Specialist, GPAP

Katie Clift

Corporate Affairs Manager

Jean-Philippe Coene

Growth Analytics Specialist

Ian Cronin

Community Curator, Shaping the Future of Advanced Manufacturing and Value Chains

Ritwija Darbari

Community Specialist, Business Engagement, India and South Asia

Olivia De Dreuzy

Programme Specialist, Arts and Culture

Karen Demavivas

Lead, Friends of the Ocean Action

Georges De Moura

Head of Industry Solutions, Centre for Cybersecurity

Julia Devos

Head, New Champions Community

Yash Nitin Divadkar

Community Lead, Business Engagement, India and South Asia

William Dixon

Head of Future Networks and Technology

Sean Doherty

Head, International Trade and Investment; Member of the Executive Committee

Ayooshee Dookhee

Programme Specialist, Governance and International Cooperation

Sean Doyle

Lead, Centre for Cybersecurity

Caroline Durand-Gasselin

Sustainability Lead, Swiss Government Relations

Mirek Dusek

Deputy Head, Centre for Geopolitical and Regional Affairs; ExCom Member

John Dutton

Head, Uplink; Member of the Executive Committee

Jaci Eisenberg

Head of Knowledge Networks, Global Programming Group

Aylin Elci

Communications Officer

Shannon Engstrom

Specialist, Centre for Nature and Climate

Angie Farrag-Thibault

Project Lead, Clean Trucking Initiative

Cody Feldman

Memia Fendri

Project Specialist, Advanced Manufacturing

Kulé Galma

Community Engagement Specialist, Young Global Leaders

Antonia Gawel

Head, Climate Action; Deputy Head, Platform for Public Goods

Thierry Geiger

Head, Benchmarking Practice

Laura Gerl

Intern, Platform for Shaping the Future of Mobility

Amira Ghouaibi

Community Lead, Global Health and Healthcare Industries

Berit Gleixner

Community Lead, Civil Society

Aytug Goksu

Community Lead, Regional Strategies, Europe

Tal Goldstein

Head of Strategy

Pedro Gomez

Head of Shaping the Future of Mobility, Member of the Executive Committee

Fernando J. Gómez

Head of Industry Communities, Energy, Materials & Infrastructure Platform

Pedro Gabriel Gomez Pensado

Head of Oil and Gas Industry

Emilio Granados Franco

Head of Global Risks and Geopolitical Agenda.

Ty Greene

Community Specialist, Civil Society

Ian Gunderson

Project Specialist, 1t.org

Sriram Gutta

Deputy Head, India and South Asia

Diana Guzman

Head, Sustainable Development Investment Partnership

Sameera Hassan

Specialist, Foundations

Elselot Hasselaar

Project Lead, Centre for the New Economy and Society

Alice Hazelton

Programme Lead, Science and Society

Guillaume Hingel

Insights Lead, Benchmarking Practice

Dominique Hischier

Program Analyst - Energy, Materials Infrastructure Platform

Anna Huber

Specialist, Water and Environmental Resilience

Sheikh Tanjeb Islam

Head, Government Affairs - C4IR

Philippe Isler

Director, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation; ExCom Member

Mahmoud Jabari

Community Specialist, Africa and the Middle East

Amy Jordan

Lead, Cybersecurity Delivery

Akshay Joshi

Acting Deputy Head, Centre for Cybersecurity

Elsie S. Kanza

Head of the Regional Agenda, Africa; Member of the Executive Committee

Srivedant Kar

Tropical Forest Alliance Specialist, Communications

Greta Keenan

Programme Specialist, Science and Society

Akanksha Khatri

Head, Nature and Biodiversity

Rebecca King

Lead, Government Affairs - C4IR

Amy Kirby

Project Specialist, Climate Initiatives

Andrej Kirn

Head, International Organizations and Humanitarian Agenda

Ramya Krishnaswamy

Head, Institutional Communities and ESG Initiative; ExCom Member

Melinda Kuritzky

Lead, Global Risks and Geopolitical Agenda

Sam Leakey

Programme Specialist, Science and Society

Victoria Lee

Project Lead, Environmental Initiatives – 4IR for the Earth

Joo-Ok Lee

Head, Regional Agenda - Asia-Pacific; Member of the Executive Committee

John Letzing

Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence

Mariah Levin

Head of the Forum of Young Global Leaders

Cathy Li

Head of Media, Entertainment and Sport Industries

Micol Lucchi

Lead, Swiss Public Affairs

Silvia Magnoni

Head of Civil Society Communities

Juraj Majcin

Intern - Media, Entertainment and Culture: Global Digital Safety

Victoria Mallinckrodt

Sourcing and Procurement Associate

Aidan Manktelow

Insights Lead, Inclusive Business

Gayle Markovitz

Partnerships Editor

Sylvain Marpeau-Roussel

Platform Curator, Mining and Metals Industry

Maria Ines Martin

Selections, Community and Impact Lead

Juliet Masiga

Kelly McCain

Head, Healthcare Initiatives

Espen Mehlum

Head of Energy, Materials & Infrastructure Prog., Benchmarking & Regional Action

Stephan Mergenthaler

Head of Strategic Intelligence; Member of the Executive Committee

Adrian Monck

Managing Director

Mbali Motsoeneng

Digital Content Curator and Engagement Specialist

Chido Munyati

Head of Regional Agenda, Africa

Aditi Namdeo

Head of Business Engagement, C4IR India

Jayant Narayan

Marie Penelope Nezurugo

Research and Analysis Specialist

Chizitera Njoku

Specialist, International Organizations and IGWELS

Eoin Ó Cathasaigh

Lead, Programming and Communication, Centre for the New Economy and Society

Adrien Ogée

Project Lead, Cyber Resilience

Derek O'Halloran

Head of Shaping the Future of Digital Economy and New Value Creation; ExCom Memb

Matthew Oliver

Kelly Ommundsen

Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman

Emanuela Orsini

Digital Content Specialist

Prerana Pakhrin Misrahi

Communications Specialist, Society and Innovation

Kristen Panerali

Head of Energy , Materials, Infrastructure Program - Net Zero Carbon Cities

Thales Panza de Paula

Partner Engagement Lead, Financial Services Industry

Gemma Parkes

Communications Lead, Ocean Action Agenda

Silvia Pasquini

Intern - Media, Entertainment and Culture: Value in Media

Linda Peterhans

Specialist, Cultural Leaders

William Petty

Head, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

Natalie Pierce

Community Lead, Experiences and Partnerships, Foundations

Algirde Pipikaite

Lead, Strategic Initiatives

Marie Quinney

Specialist, Nature Action Agenda

Jill Rademacher

Head of the Forum Foundations

Alexandre Raffoul

Head of Business Engagement, Middle East and Africa

Pavitra Raja

Programme and Engagement Lead, Europe and Americas - Schwab Foundation

Vijay Raju

Head of Strategy, Forum Members

Rushi Rama

Vesselina Stefanova Ratcheva

Insights Lead, Centre for the New Economy and Society

Florian Reber

Head of Community Engagement, 1t.org

Johanna Rick

Intern, Civil Society

Anthony Robert Hobley

Co-Executive Director, Mission Possible Partnership and an Executive Fellow, WEF

Justine Roche

Program Analyst - Energy, Materials Infrastructure Platform

Ana Saldarriaga

Lead, Impact and Operations, Forum Foundations

Kirsten Salyer

Mara Sandoval

Head, Design and Interaction, Global Programming Group

Jörgen Sandström

Head of Energy , Materials, Infrastructure Program - Industrial Transformation

Laura Saputelli

Sustainability Specialist, Swiss Public Affairs and Sustainability

Lucas Scherdel

Project Lead, Global Coalition for Value in Healthcare

Melisande Schifter

Project Lead, Inclusive Business

Georg Schmitt

Head of Digital and Marketing; Member of the Executive Committee

Nicole Schwab

Co-Head, Nature-Based Solutions; Member of the Executive Committee

Klaus Schwab

Founder and Executive Chairman

Olivier M. Schwab

Managing Director

Alexia Semov

Community Lead, Food Nature

Nivedita Sen

Research and Analysis Specialist

Sabrina Sholts

Young Scientist

Grigory Shutko

Platform Curator, Information Technology Industry

Sophia Simmons

Project Specialist, Climate and Environment, Global Shapers Community

Matthew Stephenson

Policy and Community Lead, International Trade and Investment

Natalia Suescun Pozas

Lead, Meat the Future

MinJi Suh

Martina Szabo

Lead, Strategy and Transformation, Global Programming Group

Petra Tanos

Head, Strategic Partnerships

Henry Taylor

Lead, Product and Innovation, Digital media

Stefano Trojani

Head of Security Affairs, Member of the Executive Committee

Margi Van Gogh

Head of Supply Chain and Transport

Peter Vanham

Head of Communications, Chairman’s Office

Lisa Ventura

Practice Lead, Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI)

Aditi Sara Verghese

Aditi Vyas

Head of Business Engagement, India and South Asia

Jessica Wanger

Programme Lead, Governance and Regions

Michelle Watt

Engagement Lead, Global Innovators

Roderick Weller

Project Lead, Clean Air

Samuel Werthmuller

Communications Officer, Europe

Candice White

Knowledge Specialist, Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation

Victor J. Willi

Community Lead, Regional and Geopolitical Affairs, Middle East and North Africa

Olivier Woeffray

Practice Lead, Strategic Intelligence

Jiawei Ye

Community Lead, Family Business Community

Winshang Yeh

Lead, Platform Acceleration

Saemoon Yoon

Community Lead, Technology Pioneers

Saadia Zahidi

Managing Director