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...
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Inflationary pressure has continued to mount since the devaluation, as the country's consumption mainly relies on imports.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine contributed to additional pressure in 2022...
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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...
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Increased food and fertilizer prices, slower growth, and currency fluctuations still severely strain food security, especially in the Near East and North Africa (NENA)...
L’invasion russe de l’Ukraine le 24 février provoque une onde de chocs sur les marchés internationaux énergétiques et agricoles, en...
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Libya is struggling to cope with a trifecta of crises, including the civil conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and most recently, the impact of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Notwithstanding the tempering of conflict intensity...