Palestinian Exports: Best Practice

This report, based on a survey carried out by Portland, the Palestinian Federation of Industries and Paltrade, identifies three areas Palestinian companies could best enhance to help reach their full export potential: planning, R&D and marketing. It analyses the export viability of leading export companies across the West Bank, highlighting those with strong management structures, […]

The Role of Business in Peacemaking

This paper, examining lessons from Cyprus, Northern Ireland, South Africa and the South Caucasus, focuses on different peacemaking approaches and specific activities that the business community undertook in each context. It considers what drove business to act and assesses what worked well and where lessons can be learnt for policymakers using economics in peacemaking, part of Portland’s […]