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Gulf investors follow the stock market shares on a monitor screen at the Dubai Financial Market, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on July 1, 2015. (EPA/ALI HAIDER)


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Saudi traders monitor the stock in Riyadh in this undated file photo. (Reuters)


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Visitors at the Bardo museum are evacuated in Tunis, on March 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)


Opinion: Tunisia’s Resilience amidst Transformation

Opinion: Tunisia’s Resilience amidst Transformation

Having completed the political transition and weathered the international economic crisis, Tunisia is well placed to now complete the economic transformation that is required to ensure that growth is sustainable, broad-based, and benefits all of its citizens. But not...
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Aerial view of Algeria’s traffic and houses is pictured through the window of an airplane. (Reuters)


Opinion: Algeria’s Historic Opportunity for Reform

Opinion: Algeria’s Historic Opportunity for Reform

Following the sudden collapse in oil prices over the last six months, Algeria is facing its greatest economic challenge since the 1990s, when it was torn apart by civil war. How the country responds in the coming months will be watched closely by other countries in...
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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)


Opinion: The Boon and Bane of Cheaper Oil

Opinion: The Boon and Bane of Cheaper Oil

The steep decline in oil prices presents new economic realities for countries in the MENA region. Global oil prices have declined by more than half from their peak last summer, to levels not seen since a short period in 2009. The combination of unexpectedly higher oil...