Under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the concurrent oil conflict between
Russia and Saudi Arabia, oil prices have exhibited unusual and sudden changes. For this …

Purpose The crude oil market has experienced an unprecedented overreaction in the first
half of the pandemic year 2020. This study aims to show the performance of the global crude …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the management responses and intentions of
3,279 US firms from all industries, before and after the coronavirus outbreak, to identify the …

Part I of this report discusses the short-and medium-term growth prospects for countries in
the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The region is expected to grow at a subdued rate …

Abstract In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Small and Medium Enterprises
(SMEs) are now widely recognized as engines of economic development. This paper …

Due to the dual shocks of the spread of the virus and lower oil prices, World Bank
economists expect output of MENA to decline in 2020. This is in sharp contrast to the growth …

Purpose Even with the Saudi Arabian Government's discretionary measures to mitigate the
spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the economic sectors were not spared …

The surge in oil price levels remains a world-wide concern, more specifically to oil-importing
countries such as South Africa. The dependence on crude oil from these net exporters …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the performance of
stock returns for all companies listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange. More specifically, we …

The Indo-Pacific blends a multitude of regions and melds a panoply of security architectures.
Some regions are peaceful, with occasional spurts in environmental disasters and non …