VOL. XXXIV

NO. 30

29-APRIL-1991

Financial and Banking News

BUDGETS & REVENUES

GCC States Begin New Approach to Developing Country Aid in Middle East

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states took their first steps towards the creation of the much-vaunted new economic order in the Middle East on 22 April when they agreed to create a new Middle East development fund, to be capitalized at $5bn within the next three years, rising to $10bn in 10 years. Some officials suggested the fund might...