Middle-east Arab News Opinion | Asharq Al-awsat

Media ID: 55380288
Caption:

World Bank says Saudi reforms have increased the level of trust in the Kingdom’s economy (Photo: Faisal Al Nasser/Reuters)

World Bank: Reforms Bolster Trust in Saudi Economy

by Fatah Al-Rahman Youssef | Aug 3, 2017 | Business

Riyadh – The World Bank said that Saudi reforms, which fall under the framework of Vision 2030, have increased the level of trust in the Kingdom’s economy, noting that growth rate is expected to rise by 2 percent between 2018 and 2019, compared to 0.6 percent this...

Media ID: 55379538
Caption:

Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri meets with a delegation from the US Senate in Washington (Dalati & Nohra)

Trump, Hariri Tackle Lebanese, Regional Affairs

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri is scheduled to meet on Tuesday in Washington with US President Donald Trump to discuss a number of issues concerning Lebanon, including the fight against terrorism and the support to the Lebanese Army, in addition to...

Media ID: 55379430
Caption:

A shopkeeper counts money in of his shop at a bazar in Tunis,
Tunisia August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisia Mulls to Restructure Banking Sector

by AlMunji alSaidani | Jul 24, 2017 | Business

Tunisia- The Tunisian Central Bank has focused on restructuring the country’s banking sector during a forum organized on reforms for public banks, restructuring them and guaranteeing their financial integrity without losing them to privatization. The forum’s attendees...

Media ID: 55378752
Caption:

Lebanese President Michel Aoun meets with a delegation from the World Bank at the Baabda Palace on Friday (Dalati & Nohra)

Aoun: Lebanon to Launch Comprehensive Economic Plan

by Thaer Abbas | Jul 14, 2017 | Business

Beirut – Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that Lebanon was in the process of launching a comprehensive economic plan that would seek to promote production sectors. Aoun was speaking during his meeting at the Baabda Palace on Thursday with a delegation from the...

Media ID: 55378525
Caption:

A man rests near a damaged house after an airstrike on al-Yadouda village, in Deraa Governorate, Syria February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir/File Photo

World Bank: Third of Syria’s Housing, Half Medical, Educational Facilities Destroyed

by Khalid Mahmoud | Jul 11, 2017 | Business, Middle East

Washington – The conflict in Syria has inflicted significant damage to Syria’s physical capital stock with 7 percent housing stock destroyed and 20 percent partially damaged, according to a report published by the World Bank on Monday. According to the report “The...