Kuwait can look back on 2011 as a year characterised by higher than expected oil revenues and developmental progress despite domestic political wrangling and turmoil in the global market.
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Economic update | Kuwait: Year in Review 2011
13 Jan 2012
Economic update | Bahrain: Year in Review 2011
13 Jan 2012
Looking to better times in 2012 after a challenging 12 months that saw Bahrain’s economy lose some of its momentum, the Kingdom is seeing signs that several key sectors are moving quickly to recover lost ground in the New Year.
Economic update | Nigeria: Year in Review 2011
12 Jan 2012
After overcoming a number of political obstacles in 2011, Nigeria's government has pledged to keep economic reform momentum strong this year, with steps aimed at encouraging macroeconomic stability, improving investment attractiveness and confronting unemployment.
Economic update | Oman: Year in Review 2011
12 Jan 2012
With forecasts predicting solid economic growth in 2011 and a political system that remained stable in spite of unrest rocking much of the Middle East, Oman looks set to see increased investor interest in the coming years.
With some 17,500 islands tied into a single political system, a centralised unitary government has not proved adaptable to Indonesia’s geography or society. Decentralisation, which began in 1999 and devolved power to local administrative units, has seen both successes and failures, but should hopefully prove more stable in the long run. Critics see the programme as multiplying local bureaucracies...
Already the world’s 17th-largest economy with a nominal GDP of $768bn in 2010, Indonesia is one of the three fastest-growing economies in Asia. Authorities are working to use the country’s key competitive advantages to attract the long-term investment needed to realise their goal of becoming one of the top 10 economies by 2025. Growth was forecast to reach 6.3-6.5% for 2011. However, addressing...