Return to the dark ages
Return to the dark ages Zahid Hussain Published August 11, 2022 dawn.com 1×1.2×1.5x IT is a year since the Taliban stormed Kabul to retake control of Afghanistan some two decades after the conservative Islamic […]
A World in crisis needs both trade and aid
Jul 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Rebeca Grynspan, Pamela Coke-Hamilton We are in the toughest period the world economy has faced since the creation of the multilateral system […]
Politics of economy
Politics of economy Zahid Hussain Published June 15, 2022 THE slide seems unstoppable. The finance minister’s balancing act in the budget has failed to end the anxiety. The free fall of the rupee against the […]
People in Pakistan urged to drink fewer cups of tea
By Leo SandsBBC News Published4 hours ago People in Pakistan have been asked to reduce the amount of tea they drink to keep the country’s economy afloat. Sipping fewer cups […]
Economic consequences of a Ukraine peace
Jun 12,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Barry Eichengreen BERKELEY — Russia’s war on Ukraine shows no sign of ending, but it is not too soon to start thinking about how to ensure postwar Ukraine’s stability, prosperity and security. Already, two discussions are occurring: One about financing economic reconstruction, and the […]
Ukraine war: WTO boss warns of global food crisis
By Tom EspinerBusiness reporter, BBC NewsPublished11 hours agoShare Related Topics Russia-Ukraine war A food crisis kicked off by the Ukraine war could last for years without intervention, the head of […]
Russia-Turkey talks crucial to return of grain supplies
DR. THEODORE KARASIK June 04, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/m8qz3 As diplomatic moves continue to shape the future of grain exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea and Russia’s Sea of Azov ports […]
Getting de-globalisation right
Jun 01,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Joseph E. Stiglitz DAVOS — The World Economic Forum’s first meeting in more than two years was markedly different from the many previous Davos conferences that I have attended since 1995. It was not just that the bright snow and clear skies of January […]
Is diplomacy between Russia and the West still possible?
May 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Richard Haass NEW YORK — Amid more than two months of intense media focus on the war in Ukraine, one story was largely overlooked. In late April, the United States and Russia carried out an exchange of prisoners. Russia released an American (a former […]
The West has got its Russia sanctions wrong
May 11,2022 – JORDAN TIMES By Arvind Subramanian and Josh Felman PROVIDENCE — The West responded to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with sanctions of unprecedented severity and scope. By the standard […]
The Great Starvation is coming, and the world must prepare for it
/ / April 21, 2022 at 8:09 pm | Published in: Article, Coronavirus, Europe & Russia, Opinion, Russia, Ukraine Farmers inspect the wheat plants during their production process in Nile Delta province of al-Minufiyah, Egypt on 25 […]
Lessons from Lanka
Lessons from Lanka Aqdas Afzal Published April 21, 2022 – SRI Lanka figures very largely in the imagination of the people of South Asia. Not only is ‘Ceylon tea’ considered the best […]
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 […]
What we need for long-term peace and prosperity
Apr 20,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Margaret Kuhlow WASHINGTON, DC — Russia’s war in Ukraine is a humanitarian catastrophe that violates the United Nations Charter and international humanitarian law, and has exacerbated socioeconomic and environmental crises around the world. It is also the latest manifestation of a global system that […]
Is UN right about its ‘three-dimensional crisis’ warning?
BY KEREM ALKIN APR 19, 2022 – dailyslabah.com Illustration by Shutterstock. There is a ‘perfect storm’ and ‘three-dimensional crisis’ in the global economy and trade, the U.N. warned – and […]
Russia’s Putin says Western sanctions have failed
Sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine led to a ‘deterioration of the economy in the West’, President Putin says. Published On 18 Apr 2022 Russia’s President Vladimir Putin […]
Wall Street bank warns of commodity price surge
Prices on everything from crude oil to wheat could jump by as much as 40%, JPMorgan Chase says © Getty Images / Ravitaliy JPMorgan Chase says commodities could rise in price by […]
Turkey’s inflation at 61% in March, surpassing estimations
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL APR 04, 2022 – A man looks at a butcher shop window in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 16, 2022. (Reuters Photo) RECOMMENDED Yemenis cut back their […]
Reforms pay dividends as Saudi women enter jobs market
The Kingdom has increasing women’s workforce participation as part of its Vision 2030 reform targets. (Supplied) Short Url https://arab.news/8wkge HEBSHI ALSHAMMARI March 28, 202221:51 Labor experts point to women’s role […]
South Asia, Africa at great risk due to food inflation
RANVIR S. NAYAR March 27, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zgfsh Besides crude oil, the most visible inflationary impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been on food prices, which have […]