Issues/Emerging Economies

Emerging Economies

- Diwan
Austerity Is Not the Answer
- Lydia Assouad
- July 10, 2019
As Lebanon grapples with its public debt, it is avoiding the most effective means of securing greater revenue.
- Quick Take
Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Is in the Works. What Does the Region Think?
- Zaha Hassan, Sarah Yerkes, Yasmine Farouk, Michele Dunne, Marwan Muasher, Intissar Fakir, Federiga Bindi, Jake Walles
- June 24, 2019
The most obvious reason for the delayed release of Trump’s promised Middle East peace plan is Israel’s unsettled electoral politics. But Palestinian opposition and Arab apathy also limit its prospects.
- China Financial Markets
Wealth Should Trickle Up, Not Down
- Michael Pettis
- June 19, 2019
Income inequality in the United States hampers growth and forces up debt. In advanced economies in which investment is not constrained by scarce savings, high levels of income inequality lead automatically to either more unemployment or more debt. Such inequality undermines not only the health of the economy, but eventually also the rich.
- Event
Indian Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla on U.S.-India Relations
- Ashley J. Tellis, Harsh Vardhan Shringla
- April 30, 2019
- Washington, DC
Ambassador of India to the United States Harsh Vardhan Shringla will join Carnegie’s Ashley J. Tellis for a conversation on India and priorities for the U.S.-India bilateral relationship.
- TV/Radio Broadcast
Belt and Road Forum
- Federiga Bindi
- April 26, 2019
- CGTN America
With new countries recently joining the Belt and Road Initiative, expectations are high with the hopes of revolutionizing commerce and trade worldwide.
- Diwan
How Likely Will Be Lebanon’s Introduction of Urgent Economic Reforms?
- Michael Young
- April 11, 2019
- - عربي
A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
Nigeria’s Small Businesses Want Government Help, But Corruption Is Draining It Away
- Matthew Page
- April 02, 2019
- Quartz Africa
The Nigerian government has rolled out big-budget programs with the stated aim of helping small businesspeople, but these schemes are more often used by corrupt officials to help themselves.
- Event
The MENA Region: From Transition to Transformation
- Ferid Belhaj, Maha Yahya
- March 28, 2019
- Beirut, Lebanon
- - عربي
Through its updated MENA strategy, the World Bank Group aims to pursue a two-pronged approach to promote peace and stability through economic and social inclusion.
- Op-Ed
Of Italy and China, and Historical Ties (and Some Convenient Amnesia)
- Federiga Bindi
- March 21, 2019
- E!Sharp
Still suffering from the economic crises, feeling betrayed by Europe for the lack of solidarity on the immigration and economic crises, Rome has slowly turned to the emerging actor on the globe, brushing up on its historical ties.
- Article
Money and Morals: Salafi Economics in the Arab World
- Francesco Cavatorta, Valeria Resta
- March 06, 2019
- - عربي
Declining economic conditions are a chief concern of citizens in the Middle East. Thus, the future of Salafi parties is ultimately tied to the success of their economic proposals.

Carnegie Experts on
Emerging Economies

Lydia Assouad
El-ERIAN FELLOW
Carnegie Middle East Center
Lydia Assouad is the El-Erian fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center where her research focuses on public and political economics.
Alexander Baunov
Senior Fellow
Editor in Chief of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Baunov is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Moscow Center and editor in chief of Carnegie.ru.
James F. Collins
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program;
Diplomat in Residence
Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
Rozlyn C. Engel
Nonresident Scholar
Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
Rozlyn C. Engel is a nonresident scholar in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on macroeconomic risks, U.S. economic policy (foreign and domestic), long-term economic trends shaping the global security landscape, and economic intelligence analysis.
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies
Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
Steven Feldstein
Nonresident Fellow
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Steven Feldstein is a nonresident fellow in Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, where he focuses on issues of democracy, technology, human rights, U.S. foreign policy, conflict trends, and Africa.
Alexander Gabuev
Senior Fellow and Chair
Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program
Moscow Center
Gabuev is a senior fellow and the chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
François Godement
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Yukon Huang
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Huang is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program, where his research focuses on China’s economy and its regional and global impact.
Hamza Meddeb
Nonresident Scholar
Middle East Center
Hamza Meddeb is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on economic reform, political economy of conflicts, and border insecurity across the Middle East and North Africa.
Evan S. Medeiros
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Evan S. Medeiros is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
R.K. Misra
Nonresident Scholar
Carnegie India
R.K. Misra is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. Based in Bengaluru, he drives Carnegie India’s Technology and Society program, and engages with technology innovators and policymakers.
Andrey Movchan
Nonresident Scholar
Economic Policy Program
Moscow Center
Movchan is a nonresident scholar in the Economic Policy Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center.
Marwan Muasher
Vice President for Studies
Muasher is vice president for studies at Carnegie, where he oversees research in Washington and Beirut on the Middle East.
Douglas H. Paal
Distinguished Fellow
Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Matthew T. Page
Nonresident Scholar
Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
Matthew T. Page is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Michael Pettis
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Pettis, an expert on China’s economy, is professor of finance at Peking University’s Guanghua School of Management, where he specializes in Chinese financial markets.
Maxim Samorukov
Deputy Editor of Carnegie.ru
Moscow Center
Samorukov is deputy editor of Carnegie.ru.
Paul Stronski
Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program
Paul Stronski is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program, where his research focuses on the relationship between Russia and neighboring countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
Dmitri Trenin
Director
Moscow Center
Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.