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Publications

This page features Flagship Reports and Economic Updates by the MENA Chief Economist Office. The Economic Update is produced two times per year, reporting on the recent economic developments and short-term outlook of the Middle East and North Africa region. These reports highlight a particular theme. The MENA Economic Update was formerly known as the MENA Economic Monitor, and before that, the Middle East and North Africa Quarterly Economic Brief.

Middle East and North Africa Economic Update

Flagship

  • Water-flagship.jpg
    26 April 2023

    Despite massive infrastructure investments, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continue to face unprecedented water scarcity due to climate change, population growth, and socioeconomic ...

  • Building resilient migration
    14 June 2022

    For thousands of years, migration has been a source of social and economic well-being for people living on different shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Whether through higher earnings for migrants, access to labor for ...

  • Unlocking-Sustainable-Growth-In-the-MENA-Sector.JPG
    8 June 2022

    Economic growth in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been weak since the global financial crisis of 2007-09 and the Arab Spring of the early 2010s. Achieving higher and sustainable growth is particularly ...

  • MENA Jobs Report (Yellow)
    16 May 2022

    A decade since the spark of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region continues to suffer from limited creation of more and better jobs. Youth face idleness and unemployment. For those who find jobs,...

  • The-Upside-of-Digital.png
    16 March 2022

    The argument that digitalization fosters economic activity has been strengthened by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Because digital technologies are general-purpose technologies that are usable across a wide variety of ...