October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the impact of economic sanctions and existing structural imbalances in Iran’s economy.
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the impact of economic sanctions and existing structural imbalances in Iran’s economy.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with other factors present significant risks to the country’s economic outlook.
During the most recent financial year, the World Bank responded with US$5.47 billion in new commitments to help the MENA region.
The World Bank’s biennial Poverty and Shared Prosperity report finds that the rate of extreme poverty in the MENA region rose from 3.8% in 2015 to 7.2% in 2018 — the latest year for which data is available.
The World Bank and the German Development Cooperation have joined efforts to take a fresh look at reconstruction, development, and the transition to sustainable peace in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and ...
The Mashreq region has seen more than its share of deaths, economic losses, and instability for the last decade.
The need for greater transparency comes as the MENA region faces unprecedented dual shocks from the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and the collapse in oil prices.
