development

Outside of Lebanon’s second largest city lie the foundations for what soon could be Tripoli’s newest suburb and a new way for banks to cash in on development opportunities. Zeitoun …

Suppose we stop whining and speculate on Lebanon’s grand future. I mean it. For a minute, let us not look at the abysmal figures and awful indicators that we analyze …

Screech! Honk! And a few polite words. That is what it takes for the 40-ton dump truck on a busy intersection at noontime in the middle of Beirut’s Ashrafieh district …

In one of the more unexpected twists of the Egyptian migration to a fairer economy, collaboration of commercial and state interests in public-private partnerships (PPPs) could resurface before the end …

Several countries at the heart of the 2011 Arab uprisings have held parliamentary or presidential elections. While it seems more than fair that it should now be the Arab world’s …

At first thought, a new 10,000 square-meter gated community might seem like the last thing an already overcrowded Beirut needs. But the forthcoming Bella Casa, by MENA Capital, takes a …

Arab states have failed to successfully translate their material wealth into human welfare, according to a new study by the United Nations (UN). Were it a school report card it …

Iraq is currently undergoing extensive transformation in its economic and legal sectors and relevant institutions. Arguably, the foundation of Iraqi restoration is based on two fundamental pillars which to date …

My fiancé and I recently decided that we’d had enough — the grinding traffic gridlocks, the high-and-rising rent, the ever present noise of construction and the near complete lack of …

Riyada Enterprise Development (RED), a member of Abraaj Capital Group, in December launched a $50 million fund in a partnership with Cisco and European Investment Bank, to invest in Lebanese …