"The young entrepreneur worries about getting finance, and the financier worries about the enforceability of contracts, " says Mustapha Nabli, the chief economist for the Middle East at the World Bank.

FORBES: Why the Middle East doesn't work

Crouch -- which raised similar, serious concerns about the dubious efficacy, verifiability, enforceability, equitableness and utility of the CWC.(1) It also arrives at a moment when this convention's proponents are redoubling their efforts to secure Senate advice and consent.

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