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by Mounir Mahmalat and Sami Atallah  OCTOBER 08, 2019 The survival of Lebanon’s political elites is highly dependent on the wellbeing of the economy. Why then do they delay necessary reform to avoid crisis? This column examines the role of politically connected firms in... Read More

by Jala Youssef and Chahir Zaki   SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 Competition policy lacks the attention it deserves in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region characterised by monopolies and lack of market contestability. As this column explains, there are... Read More

by Rabah Arezki - SEPTEMBER 16, 2019 A lack of competition in domestic and regional markets is holding back development in the Middle East and North Africa. This column argues that the region and the international community must ensure that barriers to... Read More

8 - 10 November, 2019 Dubai, United of Arab Emirates   Introduction The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with the basic tools for constructing and implementing a general equilibrium model for policy analysis. This will enable them to... Read More

Call for Proposals for Conference on: The GCC at Cross-roads: Responding to New Economic Order   8 - 9 December 2019, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Hosted by Sultan Qaboos University   Context Since the early 1970s, successive economic development plans in each... Read More

Call for Proposals for Conference on: The GCC at Cross-roads: Responding to New Economic Order 8 - 9 December 2019, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Hosted by Sultan Qaboos University, College of Economics and Political Science   Context Since the early 1970s, successive... Read More

by: Simon Neaime Lebanon has entered the danger zone of high public indebtedness. As this column explains, this could seriously compromise the credibility and sustainability of the fixed exchange rate regime and may spark renewed inflationary pressures. Proposed austerity measures are... Read More