Economists are evenly split on the prospects for the Middle East and North Africa economy, with equal shares of 36 per cent expecting weak and strong growth this year, says a survey released yesterday.
In its latest Chief Economists Outlook, the World Economic Forum said the region’s prospects have been affected by Opec+ agreements to cut oil production, which led, for example, to the IMF revising its GDP forecasts for Saudi Arabia to reflect a projected fall from 8 .