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This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Middle East and North Africa...

Highlights: Jointly prepared by the World Bank, the World Food Programme of the United Nations (WFP), and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), this report examines how...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow at 2.2% in 2024, yet the outlook remains subdued amid heightened uncertainty. In addition to examining the macroeconomic...

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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow modestly in 2024, returning to the low growth that prevailed in the decade before the pandemic. In addition to examining the macroeconomic outlook...

Highlights: Tunisia’s economic challenges have been compounded by an increasing vulnerability to climate change. The country’s location makes it one of the most exposed to climate change...

Highlights: The drought slowed down an already limited economic recovery in the first half of 2023 The sixth consecutive year of below-average rainfall compromised Tunisia’s agricultural production...

Highlights on food security: In domestic currency, food inflation in the region is likely to remain elevated as a result of the continuing pressures on MENA economies’ currencies. In Egypt, year-on-year food...

This policy brief presents an update on the state of food security and the gendergap in food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during theCOVID-19 pandemic using...

Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are struggling to reduce poverty and vulnerability—COVID-19 and now Russia's invasion of Ukraine are making the task even...