"Keun Lee sees the experiences of Malaysia and Chile as useful case studies for escaping the middle-income trap."

"Instead of getting rid of intermediaries, the internet created entirely new ones."

"In December, Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to facilitate Jordanian exports to the West Bank."

"Fast food brands target high- and middle-income groups who have incomes to adopt so-called modern lifestyles, including consuming fast food regularly."

>"Mona Ataya, a Palestinian-Lebanese entrepreneur based in the United Arab Emirates, runs the largest online marketplace for mothers in the Middle East. In recognition of her achievements, she has been chosen as one of the six eTrade for _...Read More_

"A woman’s co-op is using discarded wool to weave handcrafted rugs to sell abroad and revive fortunes at home."

>"Across the Middle East and North Africa, talk of emigration is rampant. Though guns have largely fallen silent in most of the region's conflict zones, much of the misery has not let up."

>"For second time this week, Turkey’s central bank sold precious US dollar reserves to stem lira’s slide to record low."

"Turkey’s currency crisis spills over into opposition-held Syrian city that adopted the lira more than a year ago."

"How the wild details of the most memed shipping crisis perfectly illustrate our global trade dilemma."

"Saudi blanket ban on Lebanese imports is another blow to a crippled economy."

"While the White House continues to claim its spending bill will help American workers with surprisingly strange economic rhetoric, simple economic analysis suggests otherwise."

"Israel has threatened rolling power cuts in the Palestinian territory amid ‘acute’ financial downturn."

>"Arms contract will allow Saudi Arabia to maintain attack helicopters despite previous use against Houthis in Yemen"

"More than the loss of democracy, Tunisia faces its worse financial crisis ever."