Office of the Chief Economist, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Challenges of Conflict and Industrial Policy for Development

Roberta V. Gatti , Çaglar Özden , Federico Bennett , Asif M. Islam , Sumin Chun , Rachel Yuting Fan , ​Nelly Elmallakh , Ilias Suvanov & Richard Newsome

Jobs and Women: Untapped Potential, Unrealized Growth

Roberta Gatti, Çağlar Özden, Jesica Torres, Leila Baghdadi, Ernest John Sergenti & Asif M. Islam

Shifting gears: how the private sector can be an engine of growth in MENA

Roberta Gatti, Asif M. Islam & Jesica Torres

A jobs agenda for the Middle East and North Africa

Harun Onder, Nelly Elmallakh & Diego Faures

MENA is open to work: Tackling the jobs deficit

Ousmane Dione & Roberta Gatti

Growth in the Middle East and North Africa

Roberta V. Gatti , Jesica Torres , ​Nelly Elmallakh and Gianluca Mele

The power of data transparency: Enhancing growth in developing economies during ...

Daniel Lederman and Asif M. Islam

Conflict and Debt in the Middle East and North Africa

Roberta Gatti, Federico Bennett, Gianluca Mele, Hoda Assem and Asif Islam

MENA: How can economies navigate labor market trade-offs in a downturn? The ...

Roberta Gatti, Daniel Lederman, Nelly Elmallakh and Jesica Torres

Understanding gender gaps in the informal sector

Eugenia Rodríguez, Asif M. Islam and Mohammad Amin

Balancing act: jobs and wages in MENA when crises hit

Roberta Gatti, Daniel Lederman, Nelly Elmallakh and Jesica Torres

Altered destinies: the long-term effects of food insecurity in the MENA region

Roberta Gatti, Daniel Lederman, Asif M. Islam, Federico Bennett and Hoda Assem

How is food price inflation going to affect children in MENA?

Roberta Gatti, Daniel Lederman, Asif M. Islam, Federico Bennett and Hoda Asem

Are MENA businesses ready for a green transition?

Asif M. Islam, Dalal Moosa and Federica Saliola

Reality check: forecasting MENA growth in times of uncertainty

Roberta V. Gatti, Daniel Lederman, Asif Islam, Christina A. Wood, Rachel Yuting Fan, Rana Lotfi, Mennatallah Emam Mousa and Ha Nguyen