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Saudi instability risk will rise if reforms fail

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SAUDI ARABIA

The kingdom's eroding public finances raise questions over its long-term resilience

Latin America growth gloom persists

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LATAM

With modest exceptions, GDP forecasts for Latin America and the Caribbean continue to decline for this year and next

Russia is winning the energy war with Ukraine

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UKRAINE

Russia and Ukraine have struck each other’s energy infrastructure, with Moscow inflicting the most damage

Arab states will struggle to reduce youth unemployment

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MIDDLE EAST

State dominance and high birth rates undermine regional states' ability to create enough jobs for the young

Oil reliance will fall in Middle East and North Africa

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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

Dependence on oil and gas revenues has fallen in the Middle Eastern and North African hydrocarbon-rich states since 2010

Nigeria will not divert FDI from South Africa

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AF

Divergent strengths and weakness will determine how Africa's largest economies emerge from the recent growth wobble

Cocktail of crises to scar the global economic outlook

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INTERNATIONAL

A global recession now looks as likely as not after the IMF warned that the “worst is yet to come” for the world economy

Egyptian economy will take years to improve

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EGYPT

Cairo's priority is to address energy and dollar shortages

Flatlining incomes to slow African poverty alleviation

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AF

Economic expansion is insufficient to provide for fast-growing populations

Cheap oil risks long-term Middle East stability

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MENA

The oil price slump is straining finances across most of the region, raising the potential for instability down the line