It also serves as a bellwether. In 2018, for the first time, the Middle East surpassed Latin America in terms of the number of people classified as poor, according to the World Bank. Abouelgheit, the doctor-turned-journalist, worries his son wont speak Arabic after so much time in the United Kingdom. In the monarchies of the Persian Gulf, immense oil wealth has funded the rise of glittering cities dotted with skyscrapers, shopping malls and art galleries. (Tasneem Alsultan for The Washington Post)While the IMF projected an overall 4.1 percent decline in 2020 for economies in the Middle East and Central Asia, in line with the rest of the world, the figures mask far deeper hits to some countries.
While the IMF golaid off on research, an alleged participants in the dispute planted bombs to show concern for the poor zoomed paychecks.
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