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Unbanked Past To Cashless Future
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Egypt Plans Sovereign Wealth Fund—Of A Kind
Egypt's new sovereign wealth fund is not all it's cracked up to be.
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Southeast Asia: Export Boom Continues
Southeast Asian nations are benefiting from the return of global growth, with more room to grow capacity and exports—even as wages trend upward.
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The Philippines Are Hot—Too Hot?
While enjoying robust growth and launching big infrastructure plans, The Philippines face potential inflation and growing trade deficits.
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China’s New Central Bank Governor: More Follower Than Leader?
Yi Gang's appointment asgovernor of the People’s Bank of China a sign of policy continuity.
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World Awaits Beijing’s New Central Banker
Beijing's top central banker is retiring. With no successor named yet, the rumor mill starts churning.
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Saudi Arabia Eyes 35,000 Jobs In Red Sea Tourism Push
The newly anointed heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is planning a mega tourism project that could possibly contribute 15 billion riyal ($4 billion) to the kingdom’s GDP and create up to 35,000 jobs.
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GCC People Power
New approaches to labor management can help GCC economies wean themselves away from their energy dependence.
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Open Or Shut? MENA Banks Under Pressure
New regulatory demands are changing banking relationships and, combined with rapid technological change, squeezing transaction banks in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Philippines’ Central Bank Chief Faces Early Test
The appointment of Nestor Espenilla Jr. as governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s less controversial decisions and may ease investor concerns over the stability of one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing economies.
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Norways Giant Fund Stamps Big Activist Feet
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund increasingly engages in activism over the governance of companies it invests in.
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Can Public-Private Partnerships in MENA thrive?
A dollar of infrastructure investment can raise GDP by 20 cents by boosting productivity, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.