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Egyptian wage rises will increase economic disparities

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EGYPT

Planned pay increases in Egypt.

Global clean energy transition will be slow

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INTERNATIONAL

Carbon reduction strategies.

Emirati authorities will promote tech start-ups

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Expatriates are leaving, businesses are faltering and the local population is grumbling. Authorities see a significant role for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in general, and…

Egypt’s new roads offer private sector limited gains

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EGYPT

Major investments in Egypt's roads

Saudi economic reform will be gradual

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SAUDI ARABIA

The government has recently taken some modest steps to rein in the budget deficit, including cuts in energy subsidies, and has promised to improve disclosure of its fiscal…

New spending alone will not revive Turkish south-east

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TURKEY

Prospects for engineering economic revival in south-eastern Turkey.

Kuwait’s economic reform plans will face challenges

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KUWAIT

Kuwait’s sixth government in two years took office in October pledging to accelerate the slow reform of an economy that is overwhelmingly dominated by the state’s spending of…

Oman’s new sultan will hasten decentralisation

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OMAN

This marks the first significant change of policy following the death in January of former Sultan Qaboos, after half a century in power. Qaboos’s Oman began as a highly…

Regime will seek to hold Syria's core economic assets

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SYRIA

Syrian economic fragmentation.