Middle East & North Africa

United Arab Emirates cityscape

Rapid Inflation and its Implication in the UAE

Guest blog by Tariq Alsuwaidi, LEG’23 The realization that addressing inflation is essential to achieving sustainable economic development is one of the most important things that may be gained from […]

Aqaba, Jordan

Top Insights from “Leading Economic Growth”

Guest Blog by Dina Alzubi, LEG ’22 Below are some key ideas/learnings that I took away from this course 1. Taking time to construct and deconstruct the problem is important: the […]

Using PDIA to Examine Unemployment in Jordan

Guest Blog by Iman Kharabshen LEG ’22 The main challenge facing Jordan is how to stimulate strong, real and sustainable economic growth that contributes to creating new jobs in the […]

Addressing growth challenges in Jordan

Guest blog by Rami Alhadid, LEG ’22 Most of the challenges that faces any country’s economic stance are complex and not easy to solve. However any complex problem can be […]

Genome sequencing in Saudi Arabia

Guest blog written by Malak Abedalthagafi “One size fits all” interventions have limited impacts in modern medicine. Rapid advances in genomic technologies are making genome sequencing more affordable and readily […]

Paving the way for economic diversification in Iraq

Guest blog written by Rana Abbas Growing in a post-conflict country that faced enormous shocks and suffered drastic political, social, and economic changes over the past forty years, motivated me […]

Complexity is Simple with PDIA

Guest blog written by Ahmad Aljazaeri After many years working in the for-profit private sector, I moved about two years ago into a government-owned company that was set up several […]