The report aims to analyze the implications of the coronavirus crisis on Egypt in relation to several vital production and service sectors along with the key macroeconomic variables. This initiative comes from the belief that the current critical conditions require directing state’s efforts ...

Real Estate Sector is from the important sectors in MENA region as it is the main arm of investments in most of the countries. Most of the MENA markets are predicted to see better price performance in 2020 as foreign real estate developers have invested billions of dollars into Middle East cou...

Various Global and Regional factors will impact the MENA region in 2020, including the volatility in oil prices, coronavirus and economic slowdown in China, Brexit outcome and its economic repercussions. On the Domestic front, economic diversification and mega infrastructure projects tied to l...

The changes in the global economic environment will always impact the MENA region, where investments by China are projected to decrease compared to the previous years, considering its economic situation slowdown. By contrast, the EU is expected to have a higher share of investment flows in the...

Various Global and Regional factors will impact the MENA region in 2019, including the volatility in oil prices, global economic slowdown, monetary tightening and trade tensions between the US and China. On the domestic front, economic diversification and mega infrastructure projects tie...

The MENA region outlook is generally characterized by the implementation of policies and reforms to overcome the persistent challenges to the economic, political and developmental framework of the region. Such obstacles include the low oil prices, numerous security concerns, conflicts and...

The collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1970s brought major changes and broad variety of choices for exchange rate regimes, each country had been free to choose any form of exchange arrangement, varying from pure free-floating to intermediate regimes, hard pegs, crawling pegs, currenc...

An economy’s real exchange rate plays an important role in resource allocation as it determines the relative price of tradable and nontradable goods. It also guides the consumption and investment decisions of economic agents. Exchange rate misalignment occurs when the real exchange rate be...

Crude oil is one of the most widely used energy sources in the world that has limited applications and has to be refined before use. The refined crude oil produces a wide range of products such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel and other products. Because oil is an important input in many indust...

We present an overview of the major events that took place across the region and the global landscape, shedding a light on their economic implications on the key countries of the MENA region. The report presents historical and forecasted data of 9 countries across their key macroeconomic indic...

The MENA region will be generally characterized by the implementation of policies and reforms to overcome the persistent challenges to the economic, political and developmental framework of the region. Such obstacles include persistently falling oil prices, numerous security concerns, conflict...

This report is intended to shed light on general macroeconomic trends of major MENA region economies. It includes economic review about Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Bahrain arranged descending according to the number of populati...

Egypt has one of the largest healthcare markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In addition, it has a long history in medical practice, and in recent years the country has achieved several improvements in health indicators and health care provisions. The report analyzes...

Amid Egypt’s Financial Pressure Egypt’s budget deficit has dropped to 11.5% of the  GDP in 2014/2015 compared to 12.2% in 2013/2014 Egypt’s current account deficit widened to 12.2 BN USD in 2014/2015 compared to 2.7 BN USD in 2013/2014 as the country’s trade deficit wi...

This report is intended to shed light on general macroeconomic trends of major MENA region economies. It includes economic review about Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Bahrain arranged descending according to the number of populati...

This report is intended to shed light on general macroeconomic trends of major MENA region economies. It includes economic review about Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Lebanon, Jordan and Bahrain arranged descending according to the number of populati...