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By Mohamed Chemingui and John Sloan Despite their proximity, trade and investment flows between the Arab countries and sub-Saharan Africa are very low. This column reports analysis of the potential development gains from..more 

Harvard Kennedy School’s newest degree program, the MPA in International Development (MPA/ID), is designed to prepare the next generation of leaders in international development. It is an economics-centered, multi-disciplinary program, combining rigorous training in analytical and quantitative methods with an... Read More

By Hassan Hakimian Iran and the United States seem to have reversed roles with the Trump administration's decision to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal. As this Project Syndicate column explains..more  

By Majid Al-Moneef Energy constitutes a major building block of Saudi Arabia’s economic reform agenda described in the government’s Vision 2030. This column outlines the key considerations..more

By Keun Lee Many countries find themselves in the ‘middle-income trap’, facing a slowdown of economic growth because of weak innovation. This column draws on the experiences of East Asian countries to explore how businesses can..more

By Simon Neaime Economic relations between the European Union and their partner countries in the Southern Mediterranean are being reshaped by the New European Neighbourhood Policy and related trade negotiations..more

By Facundo Alvaredo , Lydia Assouad and Thomas Piketty Survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high despite considerable political conflict. This VoxEU column uses new ‘distributional national accounts’ data to show that..more

Jointly organized by the Institute of Financial Economics (AUB), Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and the United Nation Economic Commission of Western Asia UN-ESCWA The Institute of Financial Economics at the American University of Beirut is pleased to host the... Read More

By Nuno Luís Madureira The discovery of giant oil fields in the Persian Gulf in the 1940s was a turning point in the history of global oil prices. This LSE Business Review column outlines how the Middle East became..more