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January 24, 2024, Opinion: "While developed economies have pledged to increase climate financing sharply by 2030, developing-economy policymakers are struggling to cover the costs…
September 26, 2023, Opinion: "The world needs new strategies to close the divide between development aspirations and realities. In the absence of programs to help struggling…
August 19, 2022, Paper: "A majority of developing countries are facing debt distress, and their financing problems are sure to grow worse as global financial conditions continue…
October 2021, Paper: "In the past decade, economic performance has been low in most countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), as they were hit first by the chaos that…
July 2021, Paper: "When comparing both GDP loss and mortality across countries, it appears that countries that have managed to save more lives during the Covid-19 pandemic have…
January 9, 2020, Opinion, "After years of maintaining a dysfunctional political economy based on sectarianism and rentierism, Lebanon's ruling elites are being confronted with…
2019, Book Chapter, "The paper is concerned about the future of state-business relations (SBRs) in the region, and about the potential for private sector growth. Can the new…
Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring. Ishac Diwan, June 2019, Book, "The popular uprisings in 2011 that overthrew Arab…
Is Oil Wealth Good for Private Sector Development? Melani Cammett, Ishac Diwan, 2019, Paper, "When do autocratic rulers in oil-producing countries support private sector…
Debunking myth: economic values in the Arab World through the prism of opinion polls. Ishac Diwan, June 2018, Paper, "Using World Value Survey opinion poll data, we empirically…