Dr. Abdelhadi Benghalem holds a PhD in Economic Engineering and Enterprise from Tlemcen University and a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship from the same University. He is a member of Mecas research laboratory at the Faculty of Economics and Management. Currently, he teaches international finance at Tlemcen University. In addition, he participates in several research projects and serves as a Reviewer in the Africa Academy of Management journal. Benghalem specializes in Entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development. His most recent publication concerns the impact of entrepreneurship on economic growth: empirical evidence from selected African countries.
Entrepreneurship has come to be considered one key to countries’ economic development. This column assesses the connection between entrepreneurship and the economic development of nine economies in the Middle East and North Africa over the period from 2006 to 2018.