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Growing a Middle East Middle Class – Where a Small Investment Goes a Long Way

November 12, 2012August 27, 2017 Anurag Rastogi 0 Comment Arab Spring, CHF International, Development Industry, Donor Funds, Elissa McCarter, Entreprenuership, Financing, International Finance Corporation (IFC), Investment, Loan Guarantee, Low Income, Microenterprise, Microfinance, Middle East, Private Capital, Small Enterprise, SME, SME Loan

by Elissa McCarter Elissa McCarter, Vice President of Development Finance at CHF International, explores the tremendous opportunities presented by the political

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SWFs and Egypt – A Fresh Look at Infrastructure Funding and Investments

March 31, 2012August 31, 2017 Anurag Rastogi 0 Comment Arab Spring, Asim Ali, Capital Building, Capital Diversification, Development Funding, Direct Investment, Diversification, Egypt, Infrastructure Funding, Investments, Islamic Finance, Neighbourly, Persian Gulf States, Shatha Al-Aswad, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)

by Asim Ali, Shatha Al-Aswad This paper argues that “neighborly investment” by the Persian Gulf states and their Sovereign Wealth Funds

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SWFs and the Economic Development Agenda – Reflections on the “Arab Spring”

December 10, 2011September 3, 2017 Anurag Rastogi 0 Comment Arab Spring, Capital flow, Commentary, Domestic Mandate, Dutch Disease, Economic Development, Elijah Reese, Government Policies, Home Economy, Investment, Job Creation, Liquidity, MENA, Private Sector, Social Development, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)

by Elijah Reese Without preference to the Arab world, economic challenges fuel social pressures. As the Arab Spring has ably demonstrated,