Economic prospects in 2018 and beyond will critically depend on rapid improvements in the political and security situation, and ultimately whether an end to the on-going conflict will allow for…

A warning of the worst famine since 1945 adds to signs shows signs of further deterioration of Yemen as a country. The failure of peace talks has reduced the already…

On 23 November 2011, Yemen’s now former president Ali Abdullah Saleh signed a power-transfer agreement, brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh, effectively ending his decades long rule…

Even by the tumultuous standards of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the past few years have been remarkably violent and destructive. The Syrian and Libyan economies have…

Over the past several decades, the MENA region has realised the growing importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and diversification, job creation, reducing unemployment, raising incomes,…