Ambitious new vision needed to fix Arab region’s inequalities
OSAMA AL-SHARIF August 30, 2022 Short Url The title of the latest report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia on inequality in the Arab region is […]
Will the Ukraine war upend the sustainability agenda?
Apr 21,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Project Syndicate By Gilles Moëc and Bertrand Badré PARIS — The casualties in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine extend well beyond the […]
Where does Tehran stand on the developments in Pakistan?
DR. MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI April 18, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8v4x7 In recent weeks, the Pakistani arena has witnessed accelerating and massive developments — starting with the efforts of Prime Minister Imran […]
The emergence of the spectre of debt
Apr 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Adli Kandah The World Bank has been warning for several years of the risk of debt explosion in a large number of developing and emerging economies. Economic indicators indicates that loans since 2010 have been growing at an annual rate of 7 per cent, a […]
Coronavirus brain drain is a real concern
DR. THEODORE KARASIK January 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/7n7ah Issues related to the aftermath of COVID-19 are tricky because of the many variables determining the speed of the planet’s recovery […]
Afghanistan heading towards collapse faster than expected, Swedish minister warns
This content was published on October 23, 2021 By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) – Afghanistan is heading towards economic collapse that risks spiralling the country into a new political crisis, […]
I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like — this is what I learned
In the months that followed, I learned many things. Most importantly, I learned there is no “going back to normal.” Adil Najam Back in March, my colleagues at the Frederick […]
Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England expected to remain in place at least through the middle of February
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a national lockdown for England expected to remain in place at least through the middle of February https://t.co/JRtmaTQMSU pic.twitter.com/hvNBaGzCay — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) […]
Effective pandemic management that minimises economic harm
Klaus Prettner, Simiao Chen, Michael Kuhn, David Bloom 04 January 2021 Proponents of the ‘herd immunity’ approach to COVID-19 argue for a largely uncontrolled outbreak in the low-risk population, while protecting the vulnerable, to achieve natural immunisation at minimal economic cost. In contrast, others favour fighting COVID-19 with all possible […]
The pandemic’s long economic shadow
Jan 03,2021 – JORDAN TIMES – Stephen S. Roach NEW HAVEN — The outlook for economic and financial markets hinges on the interplay between two cycles, the COVID-19 cycle and the business cycle. Notwithstanding the true miracles of modern science that we are now witnessing, the post-pandemic economy is in […]
COVID-19 (Coronavirus): Its Worldwide Devastation
WRITTEN BY KHALIDA JAMILAH| JULY 2020| FEATURED, MISCELLANEOUS, SCIENCE, SOCIETY When we hear the word devastation, an image that comes to mind is of a ruined building in a war-torn […]
Literacy improving in Muslim-majority countries
Mohammed Iqtedar Husain Farooqi – Lucknow, India / Wed, December 9, 2020 The grand imam of Cairo-based Al Azhar University, Muhammad Ahmad Al Thayyib, gives a speech during his visit to Indonesia’s prominent Gontor Islamic boarding school in Ponorogo, East Java, on Feb. 25. The visit to Gontor was part […]
Don’t overestimate the COVID-19 recovery
Oct 15,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Eswar Prasad WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial COVID-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, […]
Bali could build a better kind of tourism after the pandemic
ASIA & OCEANIA Wednesday, 14 Oct 2020 By AGENCY A different approach may now be needed to save the tourism industry in Indonesia’s top destination, Bali. — AFP Relaxnews Covid-19 has […]
No return of workers to offices ‘could cost UK economy £480bn’
Simon Goodley 5 hrs ago © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images The UK economy could lose almost half a trillion pounds of output if workers fail to […]
The travel industry won’t survive the coronavirus pandemic without a radical change of direction
Source: Independent UK Travel has therefore profoundly shaped the modern UK economy. Yet for many UK tour agents and operators, the situation could soon prove terminal By Ali Shah The UK […]
How does the COVID recession compare?
Aug 25,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael J. Boskin STANFORD — The historically deep COVID-19 recession appears to have turned the corner in most countries. But current private and official […]
Bill Gates is wrong about coronavirus having the same economic impact as one of the world wars
Bill Gates can see light at the end of the tunnel. In an interview this weekend in Wired, he reckons that thanks to the wave of innovation in treating Covid-19, and the […]
Coronavirus . Stop covid or save the economy? We can do both.
MIT Technology Review Contrary to what you’ve heard, shutting down the country is also the quickest way to get it started back up again by David Rotman April 8, 2020 Francesco Ciccolella In the first employment report after social distancing measures had taken hold in many US states, […]
Restaurants will never be the same after coronavirus – but that may be a good thing
Jonathan Nunn Only a fundamental rethink will ensure their survival in the post-outbreak world Tue 14 Apr 2020 I’ve spent the best part of two years now writing […]