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  • Gulf Economic Update : Navigating the Water Challenge in the GCC - Paths to Sustainable Solutions (English)

    The Gulf Economic Update (GEU) is the product of the Economic Policy unit for Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank Group. It provides an update on key economic developments and policies in the...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 195177 Document Date: November 28, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Muhammad Khudadad Chattha,Hoda Youssef,Olena Ftomova,Ashwaq Natiq Maseeh,Xinyue Wang,Zeljko Bogetic,Dominik Naeher,Christian Borja-Vega,Adnan Ghosheh

  • Gulf Economic Update - Unlocking Prosperity: Transforming Education for Economic Breakthrough in the GCC (English)

    The Gulf Economic Update (GEU) is the product of the Middle East and North Africa unit in the Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment (MTI) Global Practice at the World Bank Group. It provides an update...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 190179 Document Date: April 19, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alhmoud,Khaled Bassam Rasheed,Ftomova,Olena Sergiyivna,Wang,Xinyue,Elsayed,Mahmoud Abduh Ali,Rivera-Olvera, Angelica,Clerkin,Aidan,Sabarwal,Shwetlena

  • Dire Strait : The Far-Reaching Impact of the Red Sea Shipping Crisis (English)

    MENA FCV Economic Series Brief No. 1 is the first of a new series of World Bank notes analyzing recent economic and social developments and special issues in Fragile, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) situations...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 189897 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zeljko Bogetic,Luan Zhao,Holly Krambeck,Andres Chamorro,Sahiti Sarva,Joanne Matossian,Yahui Zhao

  • MENA Economic Update, April 2024 : Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

    The global economy is in its third year of deceleration amidst declining inflation and oil prices. The MENA region grew at 1.9 percent in 2023 and is forecasted to grow at 2.7 percent in 2024. And for...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 189215 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gatti,Roberta V.,Bennett,Federico Roberto,Assem Mohammed G Hassan Ahmed,Hoda,Lotfi,Rana Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nabil,Mele,Gianluca,Suvanov,Ilias,Islam,Asif Mohammed

  • Vibrant Cities - On the Bedrock of Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability (English)

    How will the world’s developing cities become vibrant—capable of meeting the climate, social, and economic challenges of tomorrow? Vibrant cities offer firms and households high expectations for good returns...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 185074 Document Date: December 2, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lall,Somik V.,Kaw,Jon Kher,Shilpi,Forhad J.,Murray,Sally Beth

  • Gulf Economic Update : Structural Reforms and Shifting Social Norms to Increase Women's Labor Force Participation (English)

    The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies have been a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy economic landscape. Average growth in the GCC surpassed 7 percent in 2022 led by Saudi Arabia, its biggest economy...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 185895 Document Date: November 12, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alhmoud,Khaled Bassam Rasheed,Ftomova,Olena Sergiyivna,Wang,Xinyue,Koettl-Brodmann,Johannes,Alrayess,Dana Jasmine,Gomez Tamayo,Sofia,Fostier de Moraes,Gael,Chartouni,Carole,Pankratova,Ekaterina,Rivera Guivas,Nayib,Zeitoun,Nahla Ahmed Mohamed Salaheldin

  • Balancing Act: Jobs and Wages in the Middle East and North Africa When Crises Hit (English)

    Covid-19. The Russian invasion of Ukraine. Commodity price volatility. The rise of global inflation and interest rates. Currency depreciations among indebted middle-income economies. And now, natural disasters...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 185138 Document Date: October 10, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gatti,Roberta V.,Lederman,Daniel,Elmallakh,Nelly Youssef Louis William,Jessica Torres,Silva,Joana C. G.,Lotfi,Rana Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nabil,Suvanov,Ilias

  • Action Alert? Endemic Gender-Based Violence in the Middle East and North Africa (English)

    This policy brief presents an update on the state of domestic violence or other violence against women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the COVID-19 pandemic using findings from...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184065 Document Date: June 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chaudhury,Nazmul,El-Shal,Amira,Halim,Daniel Zefanya

  • Gulf Economic Update - The Health and Economic Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in the GCC (English)

    The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies performed strongly in 2022. Amidst a year of economic uncertainty marked by inflation, geopolitical crises, and supply chain insecurity, the GCC region registered...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 182067 Document Date: May 12, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alhmoud,Khaled Bassam Rasheed,Ftomova,Olena Sergiyivna,Wang,Xinyue,Herbst,Christopher H.,Ziwary,Sayed Ramin,Alsukait,Reem Fahad M,Cetinkaya,Volkan,Hamza,Mariam Mohamed Samir Amin,Rakic,Severin,El-Saharty,Sameh,Amoore,Zara