VOL. XLVI

No 31

04-August-2003

GCC

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Population Growth Continues To Outstrip Economy In ESCWA Region, Survey Reports

GDP growth rates in the Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA) region have been outstripped by population growth since the early 1980s and this trend has continued in 2002, according to the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the ESWCA Region, 2002-2003, published in April 2003. In 2002, GDP grew by just 1.88%, the report says, down from...