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1 – 10 of 39Efforts to impress external donors are yielding results, allied with an uptick in regional instability that has afforded Cairo more room for manoeuvre. However, repressive…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282117
ISSN: 2633-304X
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With the lira at a record low, the Central Bank continued to tighten monetary policy this week, funding the market through competitive one-month repo tenders at rates of around…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256710
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Development plans define what constitutes mainstream social and economic policy in Ankara. This plan lays out the intentions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284127
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The project aims to generate up to 200 gigawatts by 2030, creating 100,000 jobs in Saudi Arabia. Renewable energy was also a key focus in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB230702
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Since 2015, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia have increased their agricultural exports, due in large part to greater EU trade harmonisation. Despite the importance of farming to their…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276396
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A fiscal crunch exacerbated by the pandemic and associated oil-price crash has forced the authorities to step up long-term ‘Omanisation’ efforts, ultimately taking pressure off…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259114
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Two-thirds of legislators in the conservative-dominated parliament today called on four of the five conservative candidates to withdraw in favour of frontrunner Ibrahim Raisi, now…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262142
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The amendments aim to attract highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs with significant assets. These are part of a wider set of changes introduced over the past two years in an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273425
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The zero-carbon fuel, promoted as a way to assist a global energy transition away from oil and gas, is the focus of major planned projects in Oman and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262078
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Energy subsidies are a major blockage to wider adoption of renewable energy in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), where pricing bids have recently broken world records. The low…