- The decision to disburse the $246-million World Bank loan in dollars will have a significant impact on the beneficiaries.
Lebanon had approved a $246-million loan from the World Bank in March this year
Its disbursal had been held up due to government’s initial decision to disburse the loan in Lebanese pounds
- Managing Director IMF Kristalina Georgieva said the largest allocation in history, about $650 billion in Special Drawing Rights, was a...
The IMF's last SDR distribution came in 2009 when member countries received $250 billion in SDR reserves to help ease the global financial crisis.
The possibility of a new trust is being explored, which could use channeled SDRs to help the most vulnerable countries with structural transformation.
- As part of its grand "Riyadh Strategy," the kingdom will give the city a complete makeover, building satellite townships, new...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s “Riyadh Strategy” includes satellite townships and new airports, among other state-of-the-art projects
The Saudi government expects a matching sum of US$220bn from the private sector in its efforts to turn Riyadh into a global city
- Rights groups have decried an “education catastrophe”, with more than a million children in Lebanon out of school since the...
Rights groups have decried an “education catastrophe”, with over a million children in Lebanon out of school since the country’s Covid-19 outbreak began in February last year
Other students are at risk of never returning due to a financial downturn that has seen poverty rates soar to reach 78 percent of the population
- At 1355 GMT a barrel of WTI, the main US contract, for October delivery was 5.0 percent higher at $65.26...
At 1355 GMT a barrel of WTI, the main US contract, for October delivery was 5.0 percent higher at $65.26 dollars
The main international contract, Brent for October delivery was up 4.7 percent at $68.25
- Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster this year. After hitting $65,000 in April it tumbled below $29,000 in June, and...
Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster this year. After hitting $65,000 in April it tumbled below $29,000 in June, and is now back above $50,000
In April, PayPal-owned mobile payments service Venmo began letting users in the US buy, hold or sell cryptocurrency using its app
- The period has been extended from August 23, 2021, to February 16, 2022, with violators looking at fines of around...
The Saudi Ministry of Commerce has already given a six-month grace period once to violators of the anti-concealment law
Several enterprises, whose annual revenues exceeded SR6 billion ($1.6 billion), benefited from this





















