According to the World Bank, countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region share many of the same economic woes, reports Sherine Abdel-Razek

At the COMESA summit in Kampala, and again at the G8 summit in Sea Island, Georgia, the predicament of poor countries came under scrutiny, writes Gamal Nkrumah

A recent Arab-authored report prescribes higher levels of inter-Arab investment to address acute economic problems in the region, but will governments act? Dina Ezzat sifts through the findings