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Economic Reform In The GCC: Is Privatization A Panacea?
...By - Paul Stevens* The collapse in oil prices since 2014 has presented serious economic challenges for the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), underscoring the need to diversify their economies away from oil and, above all, develop their private sectors. Brent fell from $11...
Volume: 59Issue: 50Published at Fri, 16 Dec 2016 -
Oil Data: Is It Becoming More Reliable?
...use, London, 27 January 2014 The words of former Opec chief Mr Badri echo similar sentiments expressed in June 1991 by a previous Opec Secretary General, Dr Subroto. At the time, Dr Subroto’s words inspired me and my late colleague Jack Hartshorn to examine the state of oil market information. We co...
Volume: 59Issue: 38Published at Fri, 23 Sep 2016 -
Saudi ‘Dumping’ Has Cannibalized Opec Revenue For Minor Long-Term Gains
...Opec’s Saudi Arabia-driven policy of maximizing market share at the expense of revenue is economically illogical. The policy has been driven by political motives. Opec members’ revenue losses resulting from the oil price collapse since late 2014 far exceed any likely long term gains from in...
Volume: 59Issue: 07Published at Fri, 19 Feb 2016 -
Iran’s Rohani: A Mid-Term Report
...veral months to materialize. And, finally, strong opposition by domestic hardliners to the agreement’s content in both Iran and the US, and the document’s initial uncertain fate in both the US Congress and the Iranian Majlis. To combat the lingering economic slack President Rohani, in August 2014, pr...
Volume: 59Issue: 01Published at Fri, 08 Jan 2016