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The Central Bank of Bahrain Statistical Bulletin presents detailed data on monetary and financial indicators, foreign trade and the balance of payments. Read More

The Central Bank of Bahrain Statistical Bulletin presents detailed data on monetary and financial indicators, foreign trade and the balance of payments. Read More

This chapter includes summary of main budget operations, total domestic debt, external debt, balance of payments, remittances of Egyptians working abroad, aggregate financial position of banks, domestic liquidity & counterpart asset, deposits in local and foreign...Read More

MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series, October 2010, Number 33 Though the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has weathered the recent global financial and economic crisis relatively well, it still faces daunting medium-term challenges. These include...Read More

This paper assesses the mortgage and housing finance market in various MENA countries, in an attempt to identify the main impediments. The approach followed involves critical analyses through reviewing the economic and political conditions for a successful mortgage...Read More

This report caters to investors looking for investment opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Takaful (Islamic Insurance) industry. The focus of the report is on opportunities and challenges for growth of the industry, industry trends, financial...Read More

This fourth edition of Entrepreneurship at a Glance presents an original collection of indicators for measuring the state of entrepreneurship and its determinants, produced by the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme. The 2014 edition contains new...Read More

This paper is mainly focused on contractual savings institutions, namely pension funds and life insurance companies, that are by far the most important NBFIs.  However, before discussing their role and the determinants of their growth, the paper offers a brief review...Read More

Using bank-level data, we apply the Panzar and Rosse (1987) methodology to estimate the extent to which changes in input prices are reflected in revenues earned by specific banks in 50 countries' banking systems. We then relate this competitiveness measure to...Read More

For the first time in the history of the United Nations, urban data is reported here at slum and non-slumlevels, going far beyond the traditional urban- rural dichotomy. UN-HABITAT’s intra-urban data analysis – involving disaggregated data for more than 200 cities...Read More