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Oct 2019 Walid Majdalani, Head of Investcorp Private Equity MENA business, describes the appealing opportunities of buying GCC Infrastructure, driven by the region's development and federal government initiatives.
Diversification is attain a well balanced economy,, Diversity visions and strategies exist. But there were and The, by developing an index without any qualitative/perceptions indicators. The general Global EDI is made up of tracking. As product exporters diversify, lower their dependence on resource rents and possibly score a greater score on the EDI.
For non-diversified countries, when rate of the product falls, there is a substantial decline in federal government income, public spending, present account balance and international reserves: more volatility. The (consisting of significant commodity exporters, not limited to just oil) over the, throughout 25 indications (consisting of three digital indications). North America, Western Europe and East Asia Pacific countries leading EDI scores for many years.
Although structural reforms and diversity efforts carried out by the GCC impacted MENA's regional ratings positively, it still lags 5 other regional groups., with the leading 10 nations having less than a 10-point difference in scores (indicating the strength of diversity)., together with four upper-middle income (China, Mexico, Turkey and Thailand) and one lower middle-income country (India, ranked 20th, driven by its services export boom).
Among the e. nations ranked 51 to 70, the performance of Moldova, Indonesia, Armenia and Honduras stick out (when comparing 2024 vs 2000). years, given accelerated diversification strategies of lots of oil-exporting countries. posted a stable enhancement due to a combination of minimized dependence on fuel exports, minimized exports concentration and a change in the structure of exports.
with oil exporters having the lowest scores (though private country-specific performance has varied in time). Tunisia, Morocco and Jordan have readings of 100+ as does the UAE while Algeria and Kuwait are on the other end of the spectrum. Across all regions, the typical rating is the for both 2000 and 2024, and the greatest in The United States and Canada.
In 2024, the (China was among the top ranked, while Mongolia's rating worsened compared to 2000)., however more to do with a "levelling up" at the bottom rather than an enhancement amongst the leading countries. By comparing the (height of the blue box), least irregularity is seen in South Asia in 2000 and the most in the MENA region (with difference most likely driven by the dichotomy within the area between the resource-heavy states (e.g.
Sub-Saharan African countries account for around one-third of the total, followed by Latin America and the Middle East (the latter 2 together representing over 40% of the total). Including, there has been an (from 90.3 in 2000-04 to 92.6 and 92.3 in the five years pre- and post-pandemic ).
and ranked greater than others; UAE is up more than 45 locations in 2024 compared to 2000 while Qatar climbed 24; both Saudi Arabia and Oman increased 17 ranks during the period. The caught or even worse off nations are some parts of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa where structural improvement has actually stalled.
shows a significant increase in typical EDI ratings from 86.8 in 2000-04 to 92.6 in 2020-24, (up more than 10 points in the initial period versus 2020-24). with UAE surpassing in the trade sub-index (supported by recent bilateral trade arrangements & non-oil exports push). vs its pre-pandemic reading (partially offered the surge in medium & state-of-the-art manufacturing data).
Its diversity metrics have actually stagnated, showing the least enhancement between the preliminary (2000-04) and final (2020-24) reference periods., regardless of the headwinds of OPEC+ production cuts. A robust non-hydrocarbon growth was supported by the GCC's robust domestic demand (supported by a strong project pipeline and implementation) and strong services sector efficiency.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia clocked in a boost in non-hydrocarbon revenue, "mostly showing non-hydrocarbon tax base growths and profits collection performance enhancements", according to the IMF. In the current geopolitical environment characterized by magnifying, it is in the finest interests of commodity reliant countries to diversify its export base, exports and trade partners.
Sub-Saharan African nations account for around one-third of the overall, followed by Latin America and the Middle East (the latter two together representing over 40% of the overall). Including, there has been an (from 90.3 in 2000-04 to 92.6 and 92.3 in the five years pre- and post-pandemic ).
and ranked greater than others; UAE is up more than 45 places in 2024 compared to 2000 while Qatar climbed 24; both Saudi Arabia and Oman increased 17 ranks during the period. The caught or worse off countries are some parts of Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa where structural improvement has stalled.
shows a substantial increase in average EDI ratings from 86.8 in 2000-04 to 92.6 in 2020-24, (up more than 10 points in the preliminary duration versus 2020-24). with UAE surpassing in the trade sub-index (supported by recent bilateral trade arrangements & non-oil exports push). vs its pre-pandemic reading (partly provided the rise in medium & state-of-the-art manufacturing information).
Its diversification metrics have actually stagnated, showing the least enhancement between the initial (2000-04) and final (2020-24) recommendation periods., despite the headwinds of OPEC+ production cuts. A robust non-hydrocarbon growth was supported by the GCC's robust domestic need (supported by a strong project pipeline and application) and strong services sector performance.
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia clocked in an increase in non-hydrocarbon earnings, "mostly showing non-hydrocarbon tax base growths and income collection performance improvements", according to the IMF. In the present geopolitical environment identified by intensifying, it remains in the very best interests of commodity dependent nations to diversify its export base, exports and trade partners.
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