Nasser Saidi

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Nasser Saidi is the president of Nasser Saidi and Associates. He was formerly Lebanon's economy minister and a vice-governor of the Central Bank of Lebanon

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Wassim Mansouri, the interim governor of Banque du Liban, and his team have the daunting task of solving some long-term problems. EPA

Restoring the credibility of Lebanon’s central bank

The country is paying the price for years of unsustainable, fixed-exchange-rate, fiscal and debt policies

August 15, 2023

Traders follow stock prices at the Kuwait Stock Exchange in Kuwait City. EPA

'Economic Diversification 2.0': Steering the Gulf through the global economic crisis

The world is under strain, but the GCC is globalising - and 'regionalising' - to lay a more secure economic foundation for the future

November 15, 2022

A rehearsal for the opening ceremony of Expo 2020. Walaa Ahmed / Expo 2020 Dubai

Dubai will make hosting a pandemic-era Expo look easy

The emirate is well-prepared, and will reap the rewards

September 19, 2021

A nurse gives a patient a vaccine shot in Dubai. The UAE had administered 51.11 vaccine doses for every 100 people as of Sunday, second only to Israel Pawan Singh / The National

Will the UAE’s accelerated vaccine campaign help fuel economic growth?

The drive could help improve herd immunity and gradually return business activity to pre-pandemic levels

February 16, 2021

An educational robot. Covid-19 has led to a strong impetus to digitise as working and learning from home become more popular. Reuters

Accelerating decarbonisation and digitisation can build upon UAE's game-changing reforms

The Emirates' monetary, fiscal and health stimulus packages cushioned the economy from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

December 27, 2020

According to a Labour Force Survey, Emirati women were found to be relatively more educated than their male counterparts. Getty Images

How knowledge-based human capital can drive UAE’s diversification efforts

Recent structural reforms related to labour will help remove distortions in the market, attracting high-skilled professionals and investment

November 29, 2020

How the US elections matter for the Middle East

What would a potential change of guard at the White House mean for the Middle East?

November 03, 2020

A statue of a woman made out of glass and rubble that resulted from the Beirut port mega explosion August 4, is placed opposite to the site of the blast. AFP

Eight steps to pull Lebanon out of its misery

Lebanon desperately needs a Marshall Plan-like intervention

October 28, 2020

Lebanon has been rocked by protests against government corruption and the collapse of the country's economy. AP Photo

How to save Lebanon from looming hyperinflation

To bring the country's economic chaos to an end, it is important to examine how it all began

October 28, 2020

Lebanese anti-government protestors block a main road by garbage bins over deteriorating living conditions. Citizens fear a combination of rising unemployment, poverty, sectarian tensions, the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and Covid-19 disease may spark another conflict, three decades after a 15-year civil war. EPA

To halt Lebanon's meltdown its imperative to reform now

Country's currency has lost about 80% of its value against US dollar and poverty and unemployment are on rise

July 07, 2020

Christie's employees pose with a Lehman Brothers sign at Christie's following the bank's collapse brought on by the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008. The next financial crisis will likely be triggered as central banks starting with the Fed end quantitative easing and start tightening liquidity. Reuters

Preparing for the next global financial crisis

Public debt in advanced economies rose by more than 30 percentage points of GDP, with total global debt reaching some $250tn by the second quarter of 2018

September 30, 2018