Titled “Future of MENA: through the looking glass“, the keynote address at Thomson Reuters “Future of MENA” 150-year Anniversary event looked at understanding the MENA regions’ complicated landscape amidst shifts in the global economic and financial geography. While the GCC continues to adjust to the New Oil Normal via economic policy and structural reform, it is time to glance through the looking glass into 2026. What would be the growth drivers? What are the investment opportunities?
Link to coverage from Gulf News.
Keynote address at Thomson Reuters “Future of MENA” 150-year Anniversary event, 17 Apr 2017
22 April, 2017
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