The 20 countries of the Middle East and North Africa region have a population of 486 million, a combined GDP of $3.7 trillion, and a GDP per capita of about $7,600.
The questions of politics and armed violence in this region, along with details of how COVID has affected this area, are both obviously important and also beyond my ken. Here, I focus on some of the economic issues that caught my eye in two recent overview reports.
One report…
