Format:
Online-Ressource (125 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
1484356071
,
9781484356074
Series Statement:
Regional Economic Outlook
Content:
The November 2013 Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia reports the near-term economic outlook for the Middle East region has weakened. Difficult political transitions and increased regional uncertainties weigh on confidence in the oil-importing countries. Growth in these countries remains well below the levels necessary to reduce high unemployment and improve living standards. Meanwhile, in the oil-exporting countries, weak global demand and domestic supply disruptions have reduced oil production, notwithstanding recent upward pressure arising from increased geopolitical risks. Medium-term economic prospects are clouded by rising fiscal vulnerabilities, declining productivity, and fragmented labor markets. Although economic activity in the Caucasus and Central Asia continues to expand at a fast pace, risks are also on the rise, including a further slowdown in Russia and China and unaddressed structural impediments
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Regional Economic Outlook, November 2013, Middle East and Central Asia Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013 ISBN 9781484356074
Language:
English
DOI:
10.5089/9781484356074.086
