Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 6

9-Feb-2009

OPEC/OIL PRICES/SUPPLY/DEMAND

Presentation By The OPEC Secretary General To The WEF Annual Meeting

By 'Abd Allah al-Badri

The following paper was presented by OPEC Secretary General 'Abd Allah al-Badri to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on 29 January 2009.

The world faces an unprecedented financial and economic crisis, not witnessed for many years. The credit crisis, still unfolding, is now deeply...