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Gulf Cooperation Council Diversification: The Role of Foreign Investments and Sovereign Wealth Funds

Published: September 5, 2025 00:00

This paper investigates the role of cross-border investments, including by Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), in driving economic growth and diversification of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Utilizing novel deal-level datasets, we analyze GCC…

Perceived Quality of Information Systems and Logistics Performance: A Behavioral Approach in the Moroccan Pharmaceutical Sector

Published: August 27, 2025 00:00

In a context of increasing digitalization of supply chains, this research investigates the impact of perceived information system (IS) quality on logistics performance in the Moroccan pharmaceutical sector. Adopting a behavioral approach, the study…

Fiscal Multipliers in Resource-Rich Economies : Evidence from the Gulf Countries

Published: August 20, 2025 00:00

This paper utilizes the unique dynamics of fiscal budgeting in countries with a large hydro-carbon sector to estimate fiscal multipliers. The main identifying assumption rests on the idea that exogenously identified global hydrocarbon demand shocks can be…

Long-Term Effects of Early Childhood Exposure to Droughts in MENA

Published: August 19, 2025 00:00

This paper examines the long-term impacts of early-life drought exposure on the human capital and socioeconomic outcomes of women born in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco across more than five decades. Using a pooled cross-section of 13…

Saudi Arabia: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

Published: August 4, 2025 00:00

As its economic diversification advances, Saudi Arabia has shown strong resilience to external shocks. Non-oil economic activities continue to expand, inflation is contained, and unemployment has fallen to record-low levels. While lower oil proceeds and…

Iran's Sustainability Gap: An Economic Analysis

Published: July 30, 2025 00:00

Iran faces a widening sustainability gap as biocapacity stagnates while the ecological footprint expands. This study investigates how external debt, economic growth, natural resource rents, and renewable energy consumption affect the national load capacity…

Arab Republic of Egypt: 2025 Article IV Consultation, Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Waivers of Nonobservance and Modification of Performance Criteria and Request for an Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Egypt

Published: July 15, 2025 00:00

Persistent and successive external shocks have complicated policy execution. The ongoing war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, precipitated a significant refugee inflow into Egypt, with some 603, 000 Sudanese refugees registered with UNHCR as of…