After a sharp fall in 2017, economic growth in MENA is projected to rebound to 3.1 percent in 2018, thanksto the positive global outlook, oil prices stabilizing at relatively higher levels, stabilization policies andreforms, and recovery and reconstruction as conflicts recede. The outlook for...

Growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to rebound to an average of 2% in 2018, up from an average 1.4% in 2017. The modest rebound in growth is driven mostly by the recent rise in oil prices, which has benefitted the region’s oil exporters while putting pressure...

Introduction : explaining growth in the Middle East / M. Hashem Pesaran -- Financial development and economic growth in the MENA countries / Magda Kandil -- Labor markets and economic growth in the MENA region / Marie Ange Veganzones-Varoudakis -- Microeconomics of growth in MENA : the role of...