tag Think Tank

Think Tank Deliberates on Government’s Budgetary Woes

EghtesadOnline: With oil prices in freefall and the coronavirus spreading like wildfire, the government will get more and more worked up this year than the last, especially because of the fiscal burden imposed by sanctions and the decline in oil sales.
|
Publish Date:19/May/2020 | 10:15

Think Tank Explores Poverty Trap in Iran

EghtesadOnline: In its latest report, Majlis Research Center, the influential research arm of the Iranian Parliament, has singled out a set of potential deterrents to poverty reduction in Iran’s economy.
|
Publish Date:27/August/2019 | 10:19

Iran Sanctions on Washington-Based Think Tank Draw US Ire

EghtesadOnline: Iran's decision to add a Washington-based think tank to its list of sanctioned entities for promoting "economic terrorism" against Tehran has drawn an angry reaction from the US administration.
|
Publish Date:26/August/2019 | 24:41

Iran Parliament's Think Tank Has Misgivings About Scrapping USD

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center says a parliamentary bill wanting to scrap the US currency from Iran’s overseas transactions would further add to the already detrimental effects of US sanctions targeting Iran’s economy.
|
Publish Date:30/June/2019 | 11:32

Gov't Think Tank Sounds Alarm on Iran Industrial Growth

EghtesadOnline: The Institute for Trade Studies and Research, the research arm of the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade, has conducted a study of the industrial sector role in the economy over the span of five-year economic development plans after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
|
Publish Date:13/February/2019 | 14:12

Iran’s Economic Freedom Index Improves

EghtesadOnline: The Washington DC-based think tank, Heritage Foundation, released their annual Index of Economic Freedom for 2019 on Wednesday, which shows Iran gaining a higher score compared with the year before.
|
Publish Date:03/February/2019 | 14:36

Iran Parliament’s Think Tank : Forex Subsidy Policy Impractical

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center, the parliament’s research arm, has taken a dim view of the preferential forex rate policy of the government in the past months and warned about the perpetuation of failed tried and tested policies in the coming year as seen in the proposed 2019-20 budget bill.
|
Publish Date:02/January/2019 | 13:32

Iran Parliament's Think Tank Forecasts Lower Crude Prices

EghtesadOnline: Forecasting the future of the oil market is crucial, especially for countries where oil export is the lifeblood of the economy and budgets are constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed depending on crude price and production.
|
Publish Date:30/December/2018 | 11:11