Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 43

25-Oct-2010

REGIONAL

Arab Finance Ministers Launch $2Bn Development Fund

Arab finance ministers officially launched on 18 October a $2bn development fund, established to provide loans to small and medium size projects throughout Arab world. The Arab Development Fund, initially proposed by the Amir of Kuwait Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, was approved by the first Arab Economic Social and Development Summit in January 2009. Although the original...