Today, differences between women and men are still witnessed in the social, political and economic spheres. In order to grasp the existing disparities between genders, the World Economic Forum introduced ... read more
The Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) has so far experienced a volatile performance during 2016, as a result of the occurrence of numerous macroeconomic events influencing the index’s performance. In this ... read more
Weak oil prices and political climate continued to dictate economic performance in the MENA region during the first quarter of 2016. Despite the slight year-to-date uptick in oil prices, oil exporting ... read more
Investors’ confidence in the economic outlook of MENA countries did not improve in the last quarter of 2015. The geo-political risks of the region that kept on aggravating and the worsening oil prices ... read more
Similarly to the previous years, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) held on to its strategic goals despite the global economic headwinds and the escalating regional tensions. Deteriorating oil prices were ... read more
Lebanon has recently applied to become a shareholder of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in order to be allegeable to get loans from the bank. Hence, a fact-finding mission, ... read more
The third quarter of 2015 proved to be a very difficult period to navigate through, as global financial markets experienced volatility hardly seen before, and economies witnessed withdrawals and ... read more
With most of MENA countries fainting under the strains of terrorism and violence, the frail levels of oil prices remained a double-edged sword during the second quarter of 2015. While oil-exporting ... read more
The month of Ramadan that started last week might have kept trading activity on the Lebanese Bourse near low levels. However, investors were also impacted by the continuous political deadlock resulting ... read more
According to Ernst & Young Middle East hotel benchmark survey, Lebanon registered the second largest year-on-year (y-o-y) improvement in its occupancy rate by May, just after Egypt. This goes parallel ... read more
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