Levant

If there was one issue that popped up in virtually every World Economic Forum conference and debate it was education. While more than half of the region’s population is under …

One of the World Economic Forum’s most animated debates was centered around “Race for an Audience: Media in the Middle East.” The region’s media landscape, especially in terms of television, …

One consequence of the population growth forecasted for the Middle East is the increasing need for affordable housing. Until recently, the region’s main property developers focused on the high-end market, …

From May 15 to 17 the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East took place on the hot and humid shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan. Some 1,400 …

As with most countries in the Levant, Jordan has emerged relatively unharmed from the financial storm that ravaged the world. The Kingdom’s banking sector possessed few toxic assets. The Amman …

“The banking secrecy of the past must come to an end,” said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at a press conference marking the end of the G-20 summit in London …

It has to happen sooner or later. One of the financial world’s longest-running unrequited courtships appears to be heading for consummation this month. Turkey and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

The biggest voluntary debt exchange outside the US was successfully completed by the Lebanese government in March when it “rolled over” $2.3 billion worth of foreign currency bonds. The government …

The Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE) launched in March had been a long time coming, like a financial version of the play “Waiting for Godot.” Year after year, articles would emerge …

Everyone has heard about the Lebanese expatriates who send money back home — a foundation of the country’s economy. But there is also a significant foreign workforce in Lebanon. Domestic …