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Palestinian Stock Exchange Lacks Public Regulation

By: Omar Shaban
Any modern state should seek to establish a modern stock exchange to buy and sell various types of stocks and attract foreign and domestic investment, including small-scale traders, because doing so boosts the economy. Stock markets have become indicators that are followed by economic and financial-policy makers.

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Palestinian Investment Fund Needs Reform

By: Omar Shaban
The Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) is a sovereign fund for the Palestinian Authority (PA) intended to manage PA investments inside and outside Palestine. The PIF was established in 2003 to satisfy the international community’s request that then President Yasser Arafat promote transparency and declare the PA’s properties and investments. At the time, it was interpreted as

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The Arab Spring: Conspiracy Theory or National Will

Fadi F. Elhusseini
Revolts did not knock on the door; they just sneaked in the Arab region, toppling some regimes while shaking the thrones of others. Analyses began to heap in an attempt to examine this state of affairs; some choose to factor in this context a new foreign

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