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Let us not miss the trees for the woods

Three questions predominate the narrative:

Saudi Arabia and its US dollar peg dilemma

Most GCC countries are pegged to the US dollar to avoid currency fluctuation and eliminate uncertainties in international

Kuwait Projects: KWD 10bn Awarded - Where is the trickle-down effect?

The Kuwait Authority of Partnership Projects (KAPP), is expected to award PPP projects worth KWD 2bn (USD 6.6bn) in 2016 and as of Q1 2016, there are 22 ongoing projects from real estate and power & water sectors. The Al Zour IWPP is the largest ongoing PPP project in Kuwait.

Top GCC Risks for 2016 & Beyond 2016

Oil: When will this slide end?With

Kuwait Economic Themes & Investment Implications 2016

Qatar Economic Themes & Investment Implications 2016

UAE Top Economic and Investment Themes for 2016

KSA Economic Themes & Investment Implications - 2016

Why Research Matters for the Economy

The Paris Climate Agreement and Implications for the GCC

The Paris climate change deal will only come into force after it is placed for signatures of approval (from 22 April 2016

Corporate governance in the GCC: How current practices can be further enhanced and how existing challenges can be overcome

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

GCC liquidity squeeze could spur reforms: MR Raghu – Low oil prices could result in deficit of 7.9% of GDP in 2015

Raghu pointed out that the recent fall in oil prices by over 61 percent since June, 2014 due to a host of factors such as

Fiscal Measures Worry Markets

According to Marmore’s recently released Monthly Market Review, MENA markets

Oil prices now go beyond the supply/demand equation

Interview with Mr. Raghu, Head of Research

Bitcoins - What’s the story now?

Last year we had published a report (Disruptive Technology: Bitcoins) on the em

Qatar Banking - Advantage larger banks

Qatar banking sector overall accounts for 126% of the country’s nominal GDP i

Weak Oil and Strong Dollar - A puzzling relationship

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Implications of the Chinese Crisis for GCC Economies & Markets

According to a report published by Marmore (

Challenges for Corporate Intellectual Property Rights in GCC

With the growing conversion of intellectual ideas and human creativity into com

Implications of the Iran Nuclear Deal for GCC

On July 14, 2015, it was announced that the P5+1 — the United States, the Uni

The Two Sides of Shale Oil