This paper develops a Financial Conditions Index (FCI) for Qatar and uses the Growth-at-Risk (GaR) framework to examine the impact of financial conditions on Qatar’s non-hydrocarbon growth. The ...

Motivated by Qatar’s Third National Development Strategy, this note discusses ingredients for boosting export diversification and growth potential. Drawing on cross-country experiences and empirical ...

Asharq Al Awsat Syria received a new shipment of its local currency printed in Russia on Wednesday and more shipments were expected in the future, a Syrian government official said. The cash arrived ...

Russia’s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets available with the Bank of Russia and the Russian Government ...

What does the recent announcement that state-owned companies will be managed by Egypt’s Sovereign Fund mean? Niveen Wahish ...