VOL. XXXIX

No. 5

30-October-1995

JORDAN

Development Bank Issue Dominates Run-Up To Amman Summit

As MEES went to press and the Middle East and North Africa Economic Summit loomed, it seemed likely that the US would be able to announce the formation of a new development bank dedicated to the Middle East. However the argument between the US and the potential beneficiaries of the bank - Egypt, Israel, Jordan and the nascent Palestinian state - on the one hand, and the Gulf Arab and European...