1. Tunisia: Hope Tempered By Strikes And Unemployment

    ...gures   2010 2011 2012 2013e 2014p 2015p GDP growth (%) 2.6 -1.9 3.7 2....

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  2. Libya: Battlelines Drawn As Clashes Force Groups To Choose Sides

    ...andoff raises both the spectre of civil war, and an end of the political stalemate that has stalled progress since the overthrow of deposed leader Mu’ammar al-Qadhafi in 2011. On 16 May, the “Libyan National Army” commanded by former general Khalifa Haftar attacked the bases of Islamist militia in Be...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  3. Yemen Mired In Fuel Subsidy Dilemma

    ...fficult to eliminate, as their main beneficiaries in society push – or in some cases even riot – to hold on to their subsidy-related ‘benefits.’ What was already a politically thorny issue however has taken on another dimension, in the aftermath of the 2011-12 wave of revolutions that swept across the Mi...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  4. Can Saudi Arabia and Iran Put Regional Rivalry To Rest?

    ...esident Obama’s visit to Riyadh convinced Saudi rulers that compromises were necessary with Iran at this time. It may be that Riyadh is signalling a readiness to put an end to the simmering Shi’a-Sunni conflict that has reared its head since 2011 and is threatening the cohesion of countries like Iraq. An...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  5. Sisi Promises Economic Reforms

    ...ne which began shortly after the fall of Husni Mubarak in 2011. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE pledged $12bn in aid after the removal of Islamist president Muhammad Mursi last year.  Cairo is currently receiving assistance in the form of petroleum products from Saudi Arabia. The head of the Eg...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  6. Iraq: Is Future Near-Total Reliance On Gas-Fired Power Justifiable?

    ...wer Generation In Iraq (%) As for natural gas, in contrast to the $4.5/mn BTU LNG netback price used in MoE, Iraq’s average border price for possible exports of dry-gas/LNG to six destinations; calculated by the IEA (2012, p127), indicates an average netback price of $10.30/mn BTU for 2011. Th...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  7. Fossil Fuel Consumption Subsidies ($Bn, IEA estimates)*

    ...Fossil Fuel Consumption Subsidies ($Bn, IEA estimates)*               2012 vs 2011 2012 vs 20...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014
  8. Benchmark Crude Prices ($/B)

    ...13 2012 2011 WTI 103.74 101.64 100.00 102.02 100.48 98.56 97.54 98...

    Volume: 57
    Issue: 21
    Published at Fri, 23 May 2014