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Iraq
The recent spate of violence and an impending clash between prime minister Nour Al Maliki's forces and Sunni rebels in Fallujah and wider Anbar provinces have threatened further
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Featured Qatar
As Qatar gears up to award projects worth USD 34 billion this year, the country will need to ensure that it tackles three key risks, according to Standard
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Oil
Fears of an oil price collapse are overdone as OPEC will use all the levers and controls to ensure it defends the USD 100 per barrel rate, according
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Gulf
Oil and gas exporters such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman are succeeding in reversing the so-called "resource curse", but they still have a long way
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Macroeconomic Data
The Tehran Stock Market has soared 133% year-to-date as Iranian investors are hoping that their new president will be able to strike a deal with Western powers over
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia may rein in massive public sector spending slightly in 2014, but it will still be enough to keep the non-oil sector humming along and ensure domestic
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Africa
Nigeria's GDP may rise 53% next year, making it Africa's largest economy, if new measures to estimate GDP growth are implemented, according to one analyst.
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Featured Gold
Gold appears to be on a long-term decline as its cover of a so-called safe-haven is blown.
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Central Asia
Even as Ukraine looks to move further away from the European Union, its former Soviet Union comrade Azerbaijan took another confident step forward with the final investment decision
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Central Asia
Azerbaijan's economy is expected to ride a non-oil sector boom over the next few years, as the country pours billions into infrastructure projects.
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Africa
Expect more private equity activity in Africa and the Middle East in the New Year, as the economic dynamo continues to attract investors.
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Africa
Cameroon will continue its lackluster growth of around 5% at a time when other African states are galloping ahead.
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Africa
A subliminal moment in Mozambique's history in 1997 turned the country's economy on its head.
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Gulf
Gulf banks' operating expenses are rising, leading to a moderation in profit levels, but their long-term outlook is robust.
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Egypt & MENA
Emerging market slowdown and a crude oil glut may be some of the major risks facing the global economy, according to major Wall Street banks.
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Africa
East African countries have emerged as rising economic stars in the continent with Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique in the midst of an impressive growth spurt.
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Africa
Fears of the Middle East losing its position as a major natural gas exporter in the next few decades are unfounded, at least according to Exxon Mobil, the
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Africa
Infrastructure projects focused on Kenya's transportation and energy sectors are set to reinvigorate the economy, as the country emerges from an election year and the terrorist attack in
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Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa's growth rate over the past decade is impressive but it is based on picking "low-hanging fruits" and modification of faulty policies, rather than paradigm policy shifts,
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Africa
After flying high for a number of years, growth appears to be cooling in the West African state of Ghana.
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Egypt & MENA
For all the hype surrounding U.S. shale plays, it is Middle East which will register the highest growth in exploration and production capital spending next year, according to
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Egypt & MENA
The impact of the United States Federal Reserve's decision to unwind its monetary stimulus program will ripple across the world, and MENA debt markets will be no exception.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's labor problems will "cloud" the country's short-term outlook, according to analysts.
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Africa
Long seen as synonymous with poverty and droughts, Ethiopia has broken all stereotypes and seen the largest increase in number of dollar millionaires in Africa over the past
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Featured UAE
Natural gas importer UAE is working on a number of projects that could boost the country's natural gas production
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Africa
Guinea's impoverished economy received a major boost in late November when Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Development Company signed a deal with the government to build an alumina refinery, which
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Africa
Nigerian banks are facing higher costs as a set of new rules impact their bottom lines.
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Bahrain
The Bahraini government and the International Monetary Fund seem to be at odds in their assessment of the country's economic progress.
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Islamic Finance
The discrepancy is obvious: Muslims make up 23% of the global population, but Islamic finance assets make up a mere 0.67% of the global financial asset base.
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Africa
Adapting to climate change could cost the African continent around USD 7-15 billion per year by 2020, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Africa
Growth in Zambia is slowing as the country's high wages and lower commodity exports to China take their toll on the economy.
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Oil
As much as 500,000 barrels of Iranian oil could return to the market if Western sanctions are eased, according to the Centre for Global Energy Studies.
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Africa
Adapting to climate change could cost the African continent around USD 7-15 billion per year by 2020, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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Africa
The end of hostilities between the MR23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the government could mark a new peaceful chapter in the country's
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Egypt & MENA
A mere 2% of more than 5,000 Muslims surveyed in a poll use Islamic banking services.
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Egypt & MENA
Middle East and North Africa region has some of the most dismal financial inclusion rates in the world, according to new data from the World Bank.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia lags behind regional and global counterparts in healthcare infrastructure, which presents growth opportunities for the private sector, according to a new report.
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Featured UAE
The UAE's banking sector's solid performance over the past few quarters has earned the praise of ratings agency.
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Central Asia
Turkmenistan is expected to post the highest growth in Central Asia, according to the European Business for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), but elsewhere in the region, growth is
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Egypt & MENA
Middle East's own domestic energy demand, rather than North American shale surge, will transform the region's oil and gas sector, says the International Energy Agency.
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Central Asia
Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev may have won the elections in October for a third time, but he could not secure what he most prized - legitimacy.
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Macroeconomic Data
International banks' exposure to Sub-Saharan Africa stands at a paltry USD 210 billion, according to the Institute of International Finance.
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Africa
Africa's consumer services industry is expected to receive a major boost as fresh waves of educated young people enter the labor market, leading to the rise of a
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Featured Qatar
Qatar Holding 's USD 100 million investment in embattled smartphone maker BlackBerry is a bold bet that is high-risk, but may also turn out to be high-reward.
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Africa
Ground zero of the Arab Spring movement appears to have made very little progress after ousting its ruler Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in early 2011.
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Africa
When Tullow Oil stumbled upon oil on the Kenyan-Ethiopian basin, it put an end to 50 years of drilling disappointment in the country and opened up a new
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Egypt & MENA
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia emerged as the best countries in the Middle East and North Africa region to do business in.
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Gulf
Gulf markets may be surging, but new listings remain a distant dream for regional stock exchanges.
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Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest ranked region in the world when it comes to business-friendliness, but it is making rapid progress, according to the latest edition of the
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Africa
High-flying Ghana was dealt a serious blow as Fitch Ratings cut the country's credit rating by one level on concerns that the authorities may not be able to
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Africa
Africa is expected to spend more than a trillion dollars on electricity generation over the next 40 years, but it may still not be enough to meet the
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Central Asia
When a Chinese president visits a country, he is usually laden with agreements and memorandums of understanding to sign with his hosts, which generally means tens of billions
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Egypt & MENA
Jordan's economy is hoping for fresh impetus after a new Cabinet was sworn in on August 21 by the reform-minded government led by prime minister Abdullah Ensour.
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Africa
Island states emerged as Africa's leading lights in terms of governance and rule of law.
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Egypt & MENA
Middle East countries in the midst of a political transition face three key shocks that could worsen economic sentiment.
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Macroeconomic Data
Global sovereign wealth funds now hold more than USD 6 trillion in investments with Middle East funds contributing 35% of the assets, according to latest data from Sovereign
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Africa
South Africa will remain an economic laggard in Africa, as the government has few answers to the structural challenges facing the country, according to analysts.
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Oil
Asia Pacific's net oil imports by 2035 are equivalent to the combined production of major OPEC producers such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and the UAE, according
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Oil
Commodities remain the world's worst-performing asset class this year, with the benchmark Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index falling 8.95% year-to-date.
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Africa
The Algerian economy is cruising along in low gear, but investors are hoping that presidential elections in April 2014 will speed up economic and social reforms.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Regional investors looking for a safe haven as the US Federal Reserve begins tapering, should look no further than Saudi Arabia.
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Egypt & MENA
At a time when Egypt needs friends that persevere in its hour of crisis, the United States has chosen to spurn the country and continues to pursue an
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Africa
While Sub-Saharan Africa has growing trade ties with the rest of the world, many of the African countries remains largely disconnected and that may benefit the region as
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Egypt & MENA
Qatar and Morocco will be the fastest growing Middle East economies this year, but emerging market economies are facing the dual challenge of slow growth and tightening global
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Africa
Companies are buying stakes in the country's natural gas sector after the government relaxed its exploration policy.
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Egypt & MENA
The Middle East and North Africa region is behind other regions in education and creating an enriching work environment, according to a new report.
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Africa
Africa's tourism industry could create nearly 4 million new direct jobs in the next 10 years with the right investment and planning policy, according to a new report
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Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has roughly 400,000 hotel rooms, but only a mere 10% meet international standards.
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Africa
Kenya has made international headlines for all the wrong reasons lately.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has one of the world's highest concentrations of large companies, according to McKinsey & Company.
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Oil
Iran's beleaguered economy may catch a break if the thawing of Tehran's relationship with Washington results in an easing of sanctions.
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Central Asia
The world's most expensive oil field is set to achieve commercial production in October, but its sponsors may not see a return from their investments any time soon.
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Featured UAE
Dubai's bid for the Expo 2020 will lift GDP growth leading up to the period and beyond, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
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Africa
Three African states and one Middle East country emerged as some of the best performing countries in a survey on sustainable development conducted by Standard Chartered Bank.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Attention shifted to construction contracts in the real estate sector in the second quarter of this year after the Saudi authorities pushed ahead to meet their ambitious target
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Africa
Chief financial officers in southern African states can see light at the end of tunnel after a somewhat wobbly economic environment, but are still taking a more cautious
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Africa
South Sudan, which broke off from its northern neighbor two years ago amid much hope, is going through a tumultuous period, as ethnic rivalries dent the nascent economy's
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Egypt
Egypt's hotel occupancy rates continue to fall as the country's hospitality sector reels from the continued political turmoil.
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Egypt & MENA
Five Middle East countries have been ranked among the world's most free economies, according to Fraser Institute's annual Economic Freedom of the World Survey.
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Egypt & MENA
The Syrian economy has lost USD 100 billion in the past two years alone - roughly two years' worth of GDP - as a bloody civil war ravages
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Africa
As the citizens of Swaziland head to the polls on September 20, international observers are pointing to the country's "unsustainable" path and a "crisis" that is inevitable if
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's petrochemicals companies saw their half-yearly earnings collectively decline 3.5% this year, but analysts are expecting an improvement in profits in the second half.
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Gulf
Major international banks are in retreat. Cutting costs and packing up shop from non-core areas in the Middle East.
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North Africa
Chinese oil and gas giant Sinopec's recent USD 3.1 billion bet on Egyptian natural gas highlights the country's huge energy prospects, despite the major political challenges facing the
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Libya
Libya has gone from a much-lauded country trying to get back on its feet after a bloody civil war, to a basket-case within the space of a few
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Macroeconomic Data
Countries heavily dependent on commodity exports are economically vulnerable, especially as the commodity 'super-cycle' is expected to peter out, according to a new report.
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Africa
More than 800 active infrastructure projects with a combined value of USD 700 billion are under way in Africa, as the continent aspires to alleviate standard of living
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Africa
Three decades ago, countries like Malawi, Burundi and Burkina Faso were ahead of China on a per capita basis. But China is now the world's second largest economy,
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Egypt
Amid the gloom, Egypt's real estate sector continues to remain resilient.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
As the global oil and gas industry turns on its head, Saudi Aramco - the world's largest oil-producing company -- is not sitting still, but tapping into its
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Macroeconomic Data
Yemen's new economic reforms could help the country post annual growth of 4% over the medium term.
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Africa
Last month, the Mauritius government said it will not be able to meet its target of one million tourists this year, due to continued economic tightening by Europeans,
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Central Asia
European countries are losing out to China in their quest to source natural gas from the Central Asian states.
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Africa
Africa's burgeoning USD 60 billion telecom market is set to grow nearly fourfold at an annual rate of 21.27% to reach USD 234 billion by 2020, according to
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Featured UAE
As the Middle East gears up for yet another potential war, Bank of America Merrill Lynch is telling clients to buy Gulf bonds on regional weakness.
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Featured Saudi Arabia
Saudi inflation edged up in July as strong domestic factors pushed prices upwards.
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Featured Gold
After plunging to a three-year-low in late June to USD 1,180 per ounce, gold has bounced back to above USD 1,400 by September 3.
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Iraq
The Iraqi oil sector has been one of the great success stories of the past five years, rising by a million barrels from 2008 to 2012 to cross
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Featured Islamic Finance
The regulator has to walk the fine line between encouraging Islamic capital market development with supporting compliant instruments and prudence, especially after Credit Crisis I (US subprime) and
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Egypt
Amid the gloom, Egypt's real estate sector continues to remain resilient.
SODIC, or Sixth of October For Development and Investment Company, saw strong new sales in the second quarter
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