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Last month, I asked a friend to buy me made-in-Palestine T-shirts. She sent me three T-shirts with paintings that unmistakably showed they were made in Palestine. I am not the only one who does this; many Palestinians do it not only out of patriotic pride but for solid economic reasons […]

It’s no secret that the economic situation is Egypt has been in constant decline since the January 25th revolution. It is easy to blame this downturn on the unstable political situation; but the fact remains that the Egyptian economy and resources have been mismanaged for the last six decades. Economic […]

  Abstract: During the past ten years, Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, one of the most important commercial and slave trader ports of the Colonial Hispanic America, has become an international destination loved by tourists from around the globe. Nearly 6 million visitors arrive every year. Considering that the native population just surpasses one […]

Abstract: Some Latin American countries are finally seeing certain economic stability. The expectations for the future of these countries are optimistic. Part of the success could be a strategy practiced by the most important economies in South America: trade agreements among themselves. Many of them share the interest of improving […]

We’ve weathered our first opening up to free trade The first experience of post-communist Slovakia with free markets was a big shock to our uncompetitive and poorly managed companies which failed to rise to the challenge. Over time, they have been replaced by new ones, often with foreign owners – […]