Economic impact of Covid-19 on Egypt’s tourism and remittances
As Covid-19 reaches everywhere, low- and middle-income countries are racing to respond to this massive and fast-moving challenge. This column, ...
How global trade tensions are affecting the Arab region
How are Arab countries likely to be affected by the trade wars instigated by the United States against China and ...
Tackling Lebanon’s fiscal crisis: should food subsidies be eliminated?
Is elimination of food subsidies the right policy to address Lebanon's public finance crisis? This column reports research that uses ...
Coping with a dual shock: Covid-19 and oil prices
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa face a dual shock from the Covid-19 pandemic and a collapse in ...
On Lebanon’s economic crisis and recourse to IMF assistance
Failures of fiscal policy, monetary policy and banking practices have led to economic crisis in Lebanon. This column argues that ...
Policy for the Covid-19 crisis: survey of leading economists
How should governments respond to the global pandemic? This column reports the views of leading economists on seeming trade-offs between ...
How COVID-19 could shape a new world order
The COVID-19 pandemic is a massive shock to the world economy and its impact will be wide-ranging across all domains ...
Dutch disease, developing oil-exporting countries and Iraq’s exchange rate
It is sometimes suggested that the Iraqi economy is similar to that of the Netherlands after the discovery of extensive ...