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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Irans Peace Dividend

“An economic windfall.” That’s how the World Bank’s chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa, Shantayanan Devarajan, characterized the boost to the Iranian economy from the lifting of sanctions in the wake of the nuclear deal struck with the permanent members of the UN Security Council.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

New & Planned Arabian Cities Attract Foreign Investment

Arabia is meeting with some success in its efforts to entice foreign investors to six new economic cities in the kingdom.

Country Report

Saudi Arabia Breaking Away

Saudi Arabia needs a strategy to diversify its oil-based economy. Can change come fast enough?

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Privatizations Could Help Plug Budget Gap

With the country’s oil revenue set to slide by about 30% this year, privatization is a largely untapped resource.

Award Winners

World’s Best Banks 2015

Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. The winners have provided the best service to clients.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Middle East Poised For Growth

Isaac Thomas, executive vice president and head of cash management, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, describes the region’s changes and challenges.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Saudi Arabia Taps Bond Market As Low Oil Prices Create Deficit

Capital Markets | Fixed Income Saudi Arabia has issued its first sovereign bonds since 2007 to help fund a widening budget deficit caused by continued spending amid low oil prices.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Suez Canal: Egyptian Economy Will See A Bump-upBut How Big?

At a lavish ceremony last month, the Egyptian government inaugurated the new Suez Canal, marking an expansion of the original project, which dates to 1869.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Forging New Economies

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Special Economic Zones Special economic zones are allowing GCC countries to diversify their economies away from oil and provide jobs to their citizenry.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

GCC Regional Report 2015

Introduction Regional wealth funds, free-trade zones and the Saudi Stock Exchange are expected to boost GCC economic growth and spur development—even if oil doesn’t cooperate.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

GCC Sees Its Future In Trade

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Trade GCC With oil prices not expected to top $100 a barrel anytime soon, breaking down trade barriers is the one sure way to boost the GCC’s economic prospects.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Oil’s Well That Ends Well

GCC Regional Report 2015 | Oil Prices GCC countries are weathering low oil prices surprisingly well, cushioned by sovereign funds, economic diversification and development.