The MENA region is starting to witness a drastic increase in large-scale battery energy storage systems (“BESS”) projects, accompanying a soaring penetration of renewable energy.

Addressing high unemployment is a longstanding but increasingly urgent challenge for MENA countries. 1 Unemployment in the MENA region is the highest in the world (Figure 1) and largely a youth ...

Kuwait Stock Exchange, Jack Dabaghian, Kuwait Ministry of Information / flickr.com (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). The MENA region has in the past served as inspiration for political economy theories that have ...

The MENA region, which comprises countries in the Middle East and North Africa, has become one of the most important centers for Forex trading in view of its strategic location, growing financial ...

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 outlook of ...

Real GDP growth in MENA is expected at 2.2 percent in 2024, a modest uptick from 1.8 percent in 2023, which nonetheless masks important disparities within the region. The acceleration is driven by the ...

Turmoil in the Middle East and north Africa directly affects Europeans. Yet their influence in the region has never been weaker. The region has been in flux since the wave of Arab uprisings began in ...

The Mena region is projected to attract over $1 trillion in renewable energy investments by 2030, creating new industries, jobs, and opportunities for collaboration, said Mark Thomas, the Group CEO of ...

Abundance of liquidity levels if we consider the “Evolution of green debt issuances in the MENA region” since 2015 from CEBC, 2020 reaching a floor that is expected to be temporary.