RIEME is the Research Initiative on the Economics of the Middle East, which brings together leading scholars from the region and beyond.

The fourth annual RIEME workshop was held on Thursday-Friday 14-15 November 2019 at Panmure House, Edinburgh. Panmure House is the last residence of Adam Smith, where he revised both The Wealth of Nations and Theory of Moral Sentiments (he lived there from 1779 to 1790, see http://www.panmurehouse.org/). It has recently been restored by Heriot-Watt University as a place for economic and social research and debate.

The fifth RIEME workshop will be held on 7-8 November 2024 at Sciences Po Lille. It will mark 70 years since the start of the Algerian war of independence, and focus on the challenges of economic reform and development for Algeria now. See the next page for the draft programme.