Published by Promoting Economic Pluralism
When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, the lines clogging malls, snaking through hallways and spilling onto sidewalks. But unlike much of …
Oil-rich Kuwait faces looming debt crisis Read More
Lebanon is facing a major food crisis. Struck by an unprecedented economic meltdown, nationwide protests, and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, more than 3.7 million people in the small Middle Eastern nation, which …
How the Lebanese Diaspora Is Mobilizing Against Food Insecurity at Home Read More
While attention has focused on promises of international aid from a France-led donor conference and a UN appeal, much of the initial help in the two weeks since a massive explosion …
Local groups step up to lead Beirut blast response Read More
Without money to plant, Lebanon’s farmers were already in deep trouble before last week’s explosion. Far from being the solution to the country’s food shortages, the agricultural sector that is …
In post-blast Lebanon, farmers struggle as food shortages feared Read MoreMuch has been published about the severity of the situation regarding Covid-19 transmission in different refugee camps such as Cox Bazaar and Lambasia in Bangladesh, Zaa’tari and Azraq in Jordan, Baddawi in Lebanon, Moria in Greece, and Matamoros in Mexico. All …
Urban refugees in Turkey uniquely threatened by coronavirus and economic recession Read More
In Jordan, only 15% of women are engaged in the formal economy. Jordan is near the bottom of global rankings for economic participation and opportunity for women, ranking 145 out …
The sharing economy helps women find new economic opportunities in Jordan Read More
A government research report produced by Finland warns that the increasingly unsustainable economics of the oil industry could derail the global financial system within the next few years. The report …
Report warns oil industry’s increasingly unsustainable economics could derail global financial system Read More
BEIRUT, LEBANON — When Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in a US Reaper drone strike in Iraq January 3, fear spread throughout the world that Iran might retaliate by …
The Lebanese Want To Fight Corruption, Not US-Iran Proxy War Read More
The primary cause of this ‘unliveable’ environment is a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, now in its 13th year, which has reduced Gaza to the point of ‘systemic collapse’. In 2012, …
UN’s warning that Gaza will not be a “liveable place” by 2020 has been realised Read More
Anti-austerity protests have swept Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, and now Lebanon. As’ad Abukhalil discusses how Lebanon is joining what seems like a second Arab Spring focused on a demand for …
Lebanese Join Growing Protest Wave Against Austerity and Corruption Read More