Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas could lead to a 20%-30% increase in the PA’s 2018 budget that is being negotiated over the final weeks of 2017. The PA’s budget for…

Political and security uncertainties may be easing but the outlook for growth is gloomy. There is an urgent need for scaled up support from financial donors to fill a $600m…

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,…