Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, May 2008 -- Table of Contents
Middle East and Central Asia, May 12, 2008
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- Published: May 12, 2008
- Series: Middle East and Central Asia
Overview and Key Finding
- The Middle East and Central Asia region grew at 6.5 percent in 2007, marking its best five-year performance over the past 30 years.
- So far, the turmoil in international financial markets has had a limited impact on the region, and the short-term outlook remains very favorable.
- The report:
- reviews recent economic developments,
- assesses the outlook for the coming year,
- discusses key policy challenges,
- takes a closer look at regional topics and provides country reviews for Algeria, Georgia, Iraq, and West Bank and Gaza.
Major Thematic Coverage
- Regional topics examined include:
- the rise in inflation in the GCC countries
- intraregional capital flows
- developments in oil markets
- developments in real estate prices
- sovereign wealth funds
- The report contains:
- Recent Macroeconomic Developments
- Economic Outlook and Policy Challenges
- Economic Outlook
- World economic outlook
- Outlook for the MCD region
- Policy Challenges
- Statistical Appendix
- Data and Conventions
Boxes (numbered)
- 1 Georgia: Successful Reforms Since the Rose Revolution
- 2 GCC Capital Flows to MENA Emerging Market Countries
- 3 Iraq: Encouraging Economic Performance in 2007
- 4 The Rise in Inflation in the GCC Countries
- 5 Algeria’s Experience with Managing Hydrocarbon Wealth
- 6 Oil Income: What Is Being Done with It?
- 7 Oil Prices: Fundamentals or Speculation?
- 8 West Bank and Gaza: The Road to Recovery
- 9 Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Spotlight
- 10 Real Estate Prices in the MCD Region
Figures (listed)
- Global Real GDP Growth
- Real GDP Growth in the MCD Region
- Oil and Non-Oil GDP Growth in Oil Exporters, 2007
- Growth in Emerging Markets
- 5a Consumer Price Inflation: Country Aggregates
- 5b Consumer Price Inflation: Individual Countries
- Nominal Effective Exchange Rates
- Real Effective Exchange Rates
- 8a Government Fiscal Balance: Country Aggregates
- 8b Government Fiscal Balance: Individual Countries
- Total Government Debt
- Government Expenditure in Oil Exporters
- 11 Credit to the Private Sector
- 12 Money and Credit to the Private Sector in Low-Income Countries
- 13a External Current Account Balance: Country Aggregates
- 13b External Current Account Balance: Individual Countries
- 14 Gross Official Reserves
- 15 Stock Market Indices in Selected Countries
- 16 Sovereign Spreads in Selected Countries
- 17 Global Outlook
- 18 International Commodity Prices
- 19 Brent Crude Oil Prices
- 20 Global Growth Forecast
Statistical Appendix Tables
- Real GDP Growth
- Nominal GDP
- GDP at Purchasing-Power-Parity Prices
- Oil and Non-Oil Real GDP Growth for Oil Exporters
- Crude Oil Production and Exports
- Consumer Price Inflation
- Broad Money Growth
- Central Government Fiscal Balance
- Central Government Total Revenue Excluding Grants
- Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Fiscal Balance
- Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Revenue
- Central Government Total Expenditure and Net Lending
- 13 Exports of Goods and Services
- Imports of Goods and Services
- Current Account Balance (in billions of U.S. dollars)
- Current Account Balance (in percent of GDP)
- Total Gross External Debt
Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, May 2008 -- Table of Contents.
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