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The move has resulted in official rates depreciating sharply and converging with the parallel market rate; the spread has narrowed to just 16%. The change in policy means that the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB281160
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Egypt's social protection programmes.
Iran water crisis.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210424
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The programme, set to resume in March, is advertised as a push towards privatisation in a bid to boost revenues, investor confidence and foreign investment. However, the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267539
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Investor appetite for Saudi equities has been demonstrated in the huge over-subscription in the IPO of 20% of an internet affiliate of Saudi Telecom Company, which raised almost…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB264464
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The primary economic impact on the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of the lifting of the international sanctions on Iran on January 16 has been further weakness in oil…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB208364
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From a rate of 39,000 to the dollar in December 2017, the rial devalued to around 65,000 in April 2018. There was a sharp spike to 75,000 after US President Donald Trump announced…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB235424
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This promptly followed reports of a large explosion at a Hezbollah-linked fuel depot on a smuggling route across the Lebanon-Syria border, possibly targeted by Israeli planes.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258590
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Living standards are under great pressure from rising food and fuel prices, which are also putting pressure on the state budget ahead of parliamentary elections on December 17, to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273966
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Climate and disaster risk.