Financial Crisis

Al-Basra... the richest Iraq’s city and the poorest one

2020-11-19

Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights reported on Thursday an increase in poverty rate in Al-Basra governorate...

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Rethinking Resilience in Business

2020-11-07

COVID-19 is forcing firms to reimagine resilience. Instead of trying to strengthen their ability to resist change, companies must learn how to adapt and adjust ...

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Iraq Oil Export Declined in June

2020-07-02

The daily Iraqi oil export has declined during June from 3.21 to 2.8 which was in the previous month according to the ministry of Oil statement on Wednesday.

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A Stronger Recovery Through Better Accounting

2020-07-01

Given that the COVID-19 crisis demands unprecedented levels of stimulus spending, policymakers should use the occasion to adopt a more flexible form...

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Series of discussions in Annabaa Forum for Dialogue: The Effect of Reducing Expenditure in the Iraqi Economy

2020-06-19

Annabaa forum for dialogue held an extensive discussion entitled " The Effect of Reducing Expenditure in the Iraqi Economy ". Dr. Hassan Lateef Al-Zobaidi, a lecturer at Economy and administration college at University of Kufa, delivered the lecture.

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At a Breaking Point

2020-05-27

Lebanons politicians know they must save their country from an implosion in order to save themselves.

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The Death of Lebanon’s Middle Class

2020-05-23

A country with a proud history of trade and commerce is starting to crumble into permanent poverty.

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Will Crashing Oil Prices Put American Energy in Its Coffin?

2020-04-26

The fundamental reason is that the coronavirus pandemic has suddenly reduced demand by around 30 percent because we are not driving cars, not going to work, not manufacturing things in most factories, here and in much of the world.

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Two ways to save Iraq from financial crisis

2020-04-26

The Iraqi government should rationalize its expenditures

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Capitalism’s Triple Crisis

2020-04-05

After the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is under

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Averting Economic Disaster Is the Easy Part

2020-03-22

Based on Chinas experience with COVID-19, the fiscal cost of comprehensive compensation for lost income could reach 10% of annual GDP, and as much as 25% of GDP in the US and Europe if the epidemic turns out to be worse there, which now looks likely. Thes

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Policy Action for a Healthy Global Economy

2020-03-18

The case for a coordinated and synchronized global fiscal stimulus is becoming stronger by the hour.

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The Wealth and Health of Nations

2020-03-16

The COVID-19 outbreaks implications for the global economy are highly uncertain but potentially disastrous.

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Argentina Must Not Waste Its Crisis

2019-10-26

To explain Argentinas chronic instability and episodic illiquidity, one must look beyond idiosyncratic leaders, temporary external shocks, and specific policy mistakes.

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The Anatomy of the Coming Recession

2019-08-25

Unlike the 2008 global financial crisis, which was mostly a large negative aggregate demand shock, the next recession is likely to be caused by permanent negative supply shocks

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Can Turkey Rewrite the Crisis-Management Rules?

2018-08-18

Turkey is trying to rewrite the chapter on crisis management in the emerging-market playbook...

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Lifelong learning is becoming an economic imperative

2017-01-18

Technological change demands stronger and more continuous connections between education and employment, says Andrew Palmer. The faint outlines of such a system are now emerging

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Fighting the Next Global Financial Crisis

2016-05-21

Generals are sometimes slow to get around to developing plans and ordnance for those new weapon systems and battlefields

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