Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 7

16-Feb-2009

REGIONAL/GCC

APICORP Reviews Challenges In Funding MENA Projects

Contraction of capital inflows is one of the most evident effects of the current financial crisis on the Arab/MENA countries, said the Saudi-based investment bank APICORP in its Annual Review of the Arab Macro-Economic and Energy Investment Outlooks. According to the report, the combined bonds issuance and project finance loans to the region have fallen below the 2006 level, and...