The unrest in the Arab world that started at the end of 2010 and continues in many countries is unique not just in terms of what it means for the future of these countries but also its implications for other countries. In this paper, Orbis Economics takes a closer look at the events in these...

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between corruption, political instability and economic growth. We first show how these variables interact by allowing for bidirectional causality between each two of the three variables for which we employ a panel VAR model on a dataset of 140...

This paper uses data obtained from three Moroccan household surveys that took place between 2000 to 2013, to address issues related to the so-called "Arab puzzle." Welfare inequalities are low and declining in Arab countries and exist against the backdrop of a growing sense of dissatisfaction...

Demonstrations in the Arab spring were successful in affecting the tenure of incumbent authoritarian rulers where they occurred in national capitals that were also primate cities. The outstanding examples are Tunis and Cairo. Where the national capital was not a primate city street...

Middle East regional security is changing rapidly. The Arab Uprisings and the Syrian civil war are changing not only the relationship between state and society, but also some of the region's core norms and historical divisions. This report analyses key changes in regional security in the Middle...