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  "title": "Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2007 -- Table of Contents",
  "publication": "Middle East and Central Asia, October 29, 2007",
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  "summary": "Title: Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia",
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      "heading": "Publication and Access",
      "content": "- Title: Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia\n- Date: October 2007\n- Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys\n- Access note: Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the full text PDF file.\n- Related materials listed on the page:\n  - Press Release: IMF Regional Economic Outlook for the Middle East and Central Asia Sees Continued Positive Near-Term Economic Outlook, but the Region Faces Challenges to Sustain Ongoing Transformation and Reduce Unemployment\n  - Watch a video on the Middle East and Central Asia REO\n  - Other Regional Economic Outlooks\n  - World Economic Outlook: Spillovers and Cycles in the Global Economy, April 2007\n  - World Economic Outlook: Globalization and Inequality, October 2007\n  - Email notification sign-up\n  - Modify your profile"
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      "heading": "Report Scope and Framing",
      "content": "- Regional characterization:\n  - \"The Middle East and Central Asia is undergoing a remarkable transformation driven by rapid GDP growth and high oil and non-oil commodity prices.\"\n- Report purpose:\n  - \"The report presents common economic trends and reviews prospects and policies for the coming year in light of the global economic environment.\"\n- Regional and country coverage:\n  - Regional topics include growth in the Maghreb countries; developments in the oil markets; the boom in the GCC countries; and the impact of the recent global credit squeeze on the region.\n  - Country-specific reviews of Kazakhstan, Armenia, Egypt, Pakistan, and the UAE."
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      "heading": "Contents — Main Chapters and Thematic Structure",
      "content": "- Assumptions and Conventions\n- Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects\n  - Highlights\n  - Background\n  - Recent Economic Developments\n  - Economic Outlook\n    - World economic outlook\n    - Outlook for the MCD region\n  - Policy Issues"
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      "heading": "Boxes (Numbered)",
      "content": "- 1. Maghreb: Growth Performance and Remaining Challenges\n- 2. Oil Developments-An Update\n- 3. Regional Impact of the 2007 Global Credit Squeeze\n- 4. Kazakhstan: A Decade of Economic Progress\n- 5. Armenia: The Road to a Successful Transition\n- 6. Egypt: An Emerging Success Story\n- 7. Pakistan: An Economic Turnaround\n- 8. The Boom in the GCC: Is It Sustainable?\n- 9. The United Arab Emirates: The Race to Prosperity"
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      "heading": "Figures (Numbered and Headings Preserved)",
      "content": "- Global real GDP growth\n- MCD real GDP growth\n- External current account balance\n- Non-oil commodity prices\n- Gross official reserves\n- Central government fiscal balance\n- Total government debt\n- Monetary developments\n- Credit to the private sector\n- 10. Consumer prices\n- 11. Nominal effective exchange rates\n- 12. Real effective exchange rates\n- 13. Selected stock market indices\n- 14. Global outlook\n- 15. Brent crude oil prices"
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      "heading": "Statistical Appendix — Data and Tables",
      "content": "- Data and Conventions\n- Tables:\n  - Real GDP Growth\n  - Nominal GDP\n  - Oil and Non-Oil Real GDP Growth for Oil Exporters\n  - Crude Oil Production and Exports\n  - Consumer Price Inflation\n  - Broad Money\n  - Central Government Total Revenue Excluding Grants\n  - Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Fiscal Balance\n  - Oil Exporters: Central Government Non-Oil Revenue\n  - Central Government Total Expenditure and Net Lending\n  - Exports of Goods and Services\n  - Imports of Goods and Services\n  - Current Account Balance (in billions of U.S. dollars)\n  - 16. Current Account Balance (in percent of GDP)\n  - 17.\n  - 18.\n  - 19. Total Gross Public and Private External Debt\n\nInternational Monetary Fund\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2007\n  - Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2007 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia, October 2007 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\n References\n\n- Press Release:\n- Watch a video\n- Regional Economic Outlooks\n- World Economic Outlook:\n- World Economic Outlook\n- Sign up to receive free e-mail notices when new series and/or country items are posted on the IMF website.\n- Modify your profile\n- Ordering Information\n- Adobe Acrobat Reader\n- https://www.imf.org/en/home\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/reo/meca/issues/2017/01/07/regional-economic-outlook-middle-east-and-central-asia"
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    "Published: October 29, 2007",
    "Series: Middle East and Central Asia",
    "Title: Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia",
    "Date: October 2007",
    "Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys",
    "Access note: Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the full text PDF file.",
    "Related materials listed on the page:",
    "Regional characterization:",
    "Report purpose:",
    "Regional and country coverage:",
    "Assumptions and Conventions",
    "Recent Macroeconomic Developments and Prospects",
    "1. Maghreb: Growth Performance and Remaining Challenges",
    "2. Oil Developments-An Update",
    "3. Regional Impact of the 2007 Global Credit Squeeze",
    "4. Kazakhstan: A Decade of Economic Progress",
    "5. Armenia: The Road to a Successful Transition",
    "6. Egypt: An Emerging Success Story",
    "7. Pakistan: An Economic Turnaround",
    "8. The Boom in the GCC: Is It Sustainable?",
    "9. The United Arab Emirates: The Race to Prosperity",
    "Global real GDP growth",
    "MCD real GDP growth",
    "External current account balance",
    "Non-oil commodity prices",
    "Gross official reserves",
    "Central government fiscal balance",
    "Total government debt",
    "Monetary developments",
    "Credit to the private sector",
    "10. Consumer prices",
    "11. Nominal effective exchange rates",
    "12. Real effective exchange rates",
    "13. Selected stock market indices",
    "14. Global outlook",
    "15. Brent crude oil prices",
    "Data and Conventions",
    "Tables:",
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