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Financial Stability and Monetary Policy Reaction: Evidence from the GCC Countries
The 2008 global financial turmoil and resultant slowdown in economic activities spurred economists to revisit... Read More
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise in the Arab Region in 2020: Structural Vulnerabilities at a Time of Multiple Shocks: The Cases of Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco (This paper is part of a UNDP funded project covered under UNDP’s copyright)
The COVID19 crisis has hit the Arab region at a time when many economies have... Read More
Kuwait’s Labor Market Dynamics during the Coronavirus Pandemic Policy Lessons from TED’s CEO Survey, Labor Force Supply and Household Survey 2020
The focused research conducted in this paper is part of a broader integrated policy-supportive research... Read More
Economic Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic in MENA Region: Do Country Specific Characteristics Matter?
The coronavirus pandemic has undoubtedly brought about permanent changes to the world economies due to... Read More
The impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Economic Performance of Saudi Arabia
In this paper, we address two sets of questions. First, what are the real economic... Read More
The Double Whammy on the Kuwaiti Economy, Macroeconomic Effects of the Coronavirus and Oil Price Shocks
During the first quarter of 2020, the Kuwaiti economy began to receive two major concurrent... Read More