Dany Bahar

Recent refugee from Syria Sandy Khabbazeh buys pom-poms and face paint at a dollar store before going to a football game in Oakland, New Jersey, November 20, 2015. Picture taken November 20, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - GF20000072467

Refugees are a ‘win-win-win’ formula for economic development

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

People cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar international bridge, in San Antonio del Tachira

Venezuela’s refugee crisis: Views from the border

Monday, April 23, 2018

Trainee Mohammad Alhalabi, a 22-year-old refugee from Syria works with a miller at the training workshop of Ford Motor Co in Cologne, Germany, November 3, 2016. Alhalabi is one of 24 trainees of Ford Germany's so-called EQ qualification program to integrate new employees in a booming labour market. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay - S1BEUKUWDAAA

Migrants and refugees: The unlikely key for economic development

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

African migrants stand outside the Holot detention centre, due to shut down on March 15, in Negev desert, Israel March 13, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RC14514076D0

How should Israel address African refugees?

Friday, April 6, 2018

Workers check the finish on soccer balls before packing them for sale at a factory in Sialkot February 9, 2011. Pakistan's eastern city of Sialkot has been a major source of sports goods for international sports events for decades. Recent exports of sports goods have fallen to an average $290 million from $343 million over the past four years because of decline in Pakistan's share in international markets, according to Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics. Picture taken on February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Mian Khursheed (PAKISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS SPORT SOCCER) - GM1E73L1K5G01

The middle productivity trap: Why are less productive firms systematically lagging behind?

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

A U.S. flag flies in front of the blast furnaces at the now-closed Bethlehem Steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. April 22, 2016. After Bethlehem Steel's blast furnaces went silent 20 years ago in the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the local economy bounced back as new industrial parks filled with e-commerce companies and white-collar businesses fleeing New York's higher costs. That adds to the challenge for Donald Trump, Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency, as he seeks voters' backing in the state's primary on April 26. REUTERS/Brian Snyder SEARCH "BETHLEHEM STEEL" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES - GF10000393625

How imports helped the American steel industry

Monday, March 5, 2018

A woman holds a sign which reads "Boycott Israel" while attending a demonstration. REUTERS/Steffi Loos (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - GM1EA8206QF02

How much does BDS threaten Israel’s economy?

Dany Bahar and Natan Sachs

Friday, January 26, 2018

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) addresses the media with Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (L) and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer at the close of the third round of NAFTA talks involving the United States, Mexico and Canada in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on September 27, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo - RC1B784DEB60

The trade deficit is not destroying jobs, but tearing up NAFTA will

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

A worker makes final preparations after installing the motherboard on the reverse side of a 32-inch TV at Element Electronics in Winnsboro, South Carolina May 29, 2014. When Walmart pledged last year to buy an extra $250 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade, it appeared to be just what was needed to help move America's putative manufacturing renaissance from rhetoric to reality. The company says consumers can now buy everything from U.S.-made flat-screen TVs, light bulbs and towels and curtains in its stores and on its website. The flat-screen TVs, made in Winnsboro, South Carolina by Element Electronics, may be the campaign?s biggest surprise to date. Today, Element?s 315,000-square-foot plant in South Carolina has six assembly lines making 32- and 40-inch TVs that are now available in all of Walmart's more than 4,000 U.S. Stores. The switch has led to significant savings in ocean freight charges and customs duties on finished goods - though like so many companies involved in the initiative Element has had difficulty finding domestic suppliers. To match Feature WALMART-RESHORING/ Picture taken May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Chris Keane (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1EA6411FR01

Productivity is key to economic growth: Why is it slowing down in advanced economies?

Monday, September 25, 2017

Trucks wait in a long queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S. at the Otay border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes - RTX2ZF8Q

When renegotiating NAFTA, Trump should re-evaluate his premises on international trade

Thursday, August 17, 2017