Articles
February 27, 2018
Not many people would conjure up the image of the Middle East region when talking about video games and their growth in general. Wars and internal conflicts often overshadow the vibrant and growing market for video games in the region....
Read More...January 24, 2018
Waste to Energy (WTE) provides an environmentally sustainable route for waste disposal while carrying the added benefit of producing clean energy. It is high time for the GCC countries to wake up and take note of their Solid Waste Management...
Read More...January 17, 2018
GCC governments have been active in setting up Debt Management Offices (DMO) in order to better understand and service their debt obligations. Hitherto, the role of issuing debt, servicing them and repaying them were all taken care of by the...
Read More...January 11, 2018
Fiscal breakeven oil prices (in USD/bbl) Source: IMF Fiscal break-even oil price is the minimum oil price needed to meet the spending commitments of oil-exporting country while balancing its budgets [BEP = {(Government Expenditure minus Non-oil revenue)/Oil quantity produced} +...
Read More...January 7, 2018
Crude oil by a wide margin is the most traded commodity in the world and arguably the most important. Having hit lows of less than USD 43 a barrel in the summer, WTI crude has spent the second half of...
Read More...December 28, 2017
Saudi Arabia recently registered the cheapest price bid to supply solar electricity ever recorded. Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Electricite de France SA bid to supply power from a 300-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) plant for as cheap as 1.79 cents a kilowatt...
Read More...December 21, 2017
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”- George Santayana To give some perspective – Here is how bitcoin compares to other bubbles Source: CoinDesk (bitcoin); FactSet (Nasdaq, Japanese stocks, gold); Thomson Reuters (home prices) The world...
Read More...December 17, 2017
UAE has been at the forefront of technology adoption in the GCC region. From its adoption of open data to making block chain mandatory for government transactions by 2020, UAE perceives technology as a great enabler in propelling its country...
Read More...December 10, 2017
This article was originally published in The Global Analyst November 2017 issue. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it-George Santayana... There is not one year that passes by without any crisis. Some are big and tectonic...
Read More...December 4, 2017
The Paris Accord, hailed as one of the biggest environmental treaties ever negotiated has now hit a roadblock as the U.S has stated its intention to withdraw from the agreement. In terms of size, the agreement supersedes the Kyoto protocol...
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