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| 28 April 2015 |
Role of middle class as the main drivers of new Arab development model |
Engaging the middle class in reshaping a future is the only sustainable way forward for the Arab region, highlighted the Arab Middle Class Report titled “Arab Middle Class: Measurement and Role in Driving Change”. For decades, the Arab development model has thrust upon generous public services and subsidies in exchange for little or no public policy accountability. However, this “authoritarian bargain” came with an expiration date. It began in the 1990s with the onset of economic structural adjustment programmes. |
| 28 April 2015 |
The Arab Middle Class Report: a force for change? (by Abdallah Al Dardari and Naren Prasad) |
The geopolitical and socioeconomic map of the Arab region is currently facing the most serious existential threat since the creation of independent Arab nation States in the mid-twentieth century. Disillusionment with the prospect of a serious peace process in Palestine; the seizure of vast areas of land in the Arab Mashreq by the Islamic State; |
| 28 April 2015 |
Situation brief: The Libyan conflict and its impact on Egypt and Tunisia |
Since the 2011 uprisings, the Libyan Government has been struggling to build State institutions, draft a new constitution and provide essential services to the population in the midst of protracted financial, political and security crises, notably the integration of numerous armed militias into the armed forces. |
| 12 January 2016 |
The first edition of the Arab Economic Integration report |
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| 1 December 2016 |
Conflict, Gender and Climate Change in the Arab Region |
By Gender equality, or the lack of it, is not a stand-alone issue. Social, economic and environmental factors all affect the degree of balance between men and women. That is especially so in the Arab region, ravaged by war and wracked by climate change. The question is, how do those factors interact with gender concerns? |
| 22 December 2015 |
Impact of the US Federal Reserve’s decision on its policy interest rate |
1. The US Federal Reserve decided to raise its policy interest rate by 0.25 percentage point, by shifting the target band of Federal Funds rate from 0.00-0.25% to 0.25% to 0.50% on the 16 of December. It marked the first change in the US policy interest rate since 2008 and the first hike in policy interest rate since 2006 (See Chart 1). |
| 5 October 2015 |
From national QE policies to global financial flows: a word of caution |
From national QE policies to global financial flows: a word of caution |