Economics & Policy

The start of 2010 sparked discussions on better primary market conditions in the Middle East when compared with the preceding 18 months, but hard evidence for a good year in …

“If you don’t have it you are losing the game,” said  Gareth Locksley, author of a new study by the World Bank, which found that if broadband penetration had risen …

Many of the headlines splashed around the economic pages since September 2008’s global financial earthquake have inspired little confidence in Middle Eastern equities. The latest aftershock, involving Dubai World’s liabilities, …

  Oil and gas markets face a number of challenges to their continued development, with producers confronting three main issues: peak oil, alternative energy and/or nuclear power and the risk …

The effects of the July 2006 war are still being felt by the country’s industries, and by export orientated businesses in particular. Nizar Raad, managing director of Universal Metal Products …

Crude oil prices are expected to remain stable in 2010 after two years of market fluctuations brought on by the global economic downturn. Barrel prices are expected to remain around …

The mountain of bad debt still on the books of the United States banking system and now emerging in the European banking system, as well as the furious monetization of …

  During the first quarter of 2009, Lebanon braced itself for a steep fall in remittances. The logic held that the global financial crisis would severely affect remittance inflows from …

Until recently, thelabor laws of the United Arab Emirates seemed as stationary as the tectonicplates under the Arabian Gulf. Those plates seldom shift, but when they do the result is …

There is no question that healthcare is booming despite the financial crisis — not only in the Middle East and other emerging markets, but also in many parts of the …