Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 43

24-Oct-2011

REGIONAL

Preliminary Estimate Of Arab Spring Cost Put At $56Bn

The macro-economic cost if the Arab Spring which saw the eruption at the beginning of 2011 of revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya in North Africa, Syria in the Levant and Bahrain and Yemen in the Gulf, has so far cost these countries a total of $55.84bn, according to new research released by the consultancy group Geopolicity. The total figure consists of $20.56bn in costs...