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...
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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...
Nearly all types of natural capital—the world’s stock of resources provided by nature—are in decline.
Combining cutting-edge, integrated natural science and economic models with an...
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...
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When faced with rising prices in commodity markets, in particular oil and food, countries in MENA put in place policies aimed at containing domestic inflation. Despite...
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Inflation Hurts the Poor and Vulnerable
Food price inflation reached double digits for most of the middle-income and low-income MENA economies in 2022. For most MENA economies...
Amidst repercussions from the Russia-Ukraine conflict, lingering supply chain disruptions, and tightening global financial conditions, Egypt is experiencing a spike in inflation and has suffered abrupt large-scale...
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For the agriculture sector more specifically, the CCDR recommends to improve water allocation policies and introduce institutional changes to enable the management, allocation, and distribution of the water saved...