## Economic Prospects and Policy Challenges for the GCC Countries - 2021

_Policy Papers, December 15, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: December 15, 2021
- Series: Policy Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616354879.007

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### Summary findings and outlook
- GCC policymakers moved quickly to mitigate the health and economic impacts of twin COVID-19 and oil price shocks.
- Infection rates have declined across the GCC to well below previous peaks, though countries have experienced successive waves of the virus.
- Economic recoveries have begun to take hold across the GCC.
- The pandemic continues to cloud the global outlook as countries are in different phases of recovery, with varied growth prospects and policy space.
- Policymakers face a challenging and uncertain landscape.

### Policy themes and areas covered
- Climate change
- COVID-19 and health policy responses
- Environment
- Fiscal policy and fiscal stance
- Monetary policy
- National accounts
- Oil consumption and oil prices
- Political economy
- Prices

### Keywords (as listed)
- Climate change
- climate change impact
- COVID-19
- Fiscal stance
- GCC economy
- Global
- oil balance
- Oil consumption
- oil growth
- oil market development
- Oil prices

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