Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

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An Egyptian policeman stands in the middle of al-Haram street in Cairo on August 14, 2014, during clashes with Muslim Brotherhood supporters. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)

Opinion: Economics in the Age of Terror

by Ali Ibrahim | Oct 15, 2014 | Opinion

Approximately 50 percent of international financial assistance to the Middle East—which makes up just 5.5 percent of the global population—is spent on fuel subsidies, World Bank Vice-President for the MENA Region Inger Andersen said in a recent interview with Asharq...

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Inger Andersen, the World Bank’s vice president for the Middle East and North Africa, smiles during a news conference in Rabat, Morocco, on September 7, 2012. (AFP Photo/ Abdelhak Senna)

World Bank Vice-President: Half of region’s population living on less than $4 a day

by Mina Al-Oraibi | Oct 15, 2014 | Business

Washington DC, Asharq Al-Awsat—With war and chaos gripping parts of the Arab world, it is easy to forget that the economic situation across wide swaths of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is also bleak. The dire economic prospects of many regional states were...

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Supporters of Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of his election in the southern port city of Aden February 21, 2013. (REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah)

Yemen Needs More than Pledges

by Inger Andersen | Mar 6, 2013 | Opinion

Last year the international community made a commitment to Yemen, pledging USD 7.5 billion in support of both the reconstruction effort and the political transition. Now is the time to fulfill those promises. Yemen has made significant progress since the adoption of...