MEED
Philip McCrum
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Remittance flows remain resilient throughout the financial crisis
Issue No 29 16-22 July 2010
Remittances by Arab migrant workers to home economies were less impacted than feared in 2009 -
Crisis reins in Gulf inflation
Issue No 28 9-15 July 2010
Weak property values and dollar recovery have helped relieve inflationary pressures in most GCC states with the exception of Saudi Arabia -
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds begin to open up
Issue No 8 19-25 February 2010
As the emirates’s sovereign wealth funds engage more with global markets, they are slowly becoming less secretive about the details of their finances and investments -
Saudi Arabia's economy on the brink of recovery
Issue no 51 18-24 December 2009
Riyadh’s massive fiscal stimulus has helped stabilise the economy and restore confidence among the kingdom’s business community -
Competition grows in the budget airlines sector
Issue No 46 13-19 November 2009
The Gulf’s aviation sector is becoming increasingly crowded, with Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways and Flydubai the latest firms to join Sharjah’s Air Arabia in offering cheap flights to regional travellers -
Restructuring the Saudi power industry
Issue No 43 23-29 October 2009
Riyadh has embarked on a bold scheme to boost the kingdom’s electricity generating capacity, with a huge programme of works using private finance to build new power plants and expand existing ones
