A tragedy is unfolding in the poorest countries
Sep 25,2023 – JORDAN TIMES By Indermit Gill and M. Ayhan Kose WASHINGTON, DC — The poorest countries are in desperate straits, and the rest of the world is looking […]
The global economy in transition
Jun 09,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Spence NEW YORK — Recent conversations about the global economy and markets have been defined by a set of recurring questions. While there […]
Can the nations of the Middle East navigate this make-or-break decade?
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/v85bk Contrary to numerous forecasts, the world’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic was never going to be a smooth transition back to pre-pandemic […]
These are the cities that will dominate the global economy in the next 15 years
Despite the west’s experience of managing the process of urbanisation, it doesn’t have all the answers Hamish McRae @TheIndyBusiness The Independent Voices New York will continue to be the world’s largest urban economy in 2035, but Jakarta will have passed Tokyo to become the most populous city. However, […]
Facebook among US corporations that pay no income taxes
As a result of tax loopholes and deductions, the social media giant Facebook paid no income taxes for the fiscal year 2012, despite reaping $1.1 billion in US corporate profits, […]
New-wave economies going for growth
Guardian: They are big. They have young and growing populations. They have invested in infrastructure and education. And they are growing at the sort of rates that make them the […]