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    MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014: Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts
    MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014: Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts
    MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014: Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts
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    MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014: Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts

    By Shantayanan Devarajan and Lili Mottaghi

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    This issue of the Quarterly Economic Brief looks at the actual growth performance of these countries and highlights the limitations of forecasting in the wake of the 2011 uprisings, at the consequences of the growth slowdown, including unemployment, where perceptions may diverge from reality. The story is told in fourteen charts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWorld Bank Publications
    Release dateAug 6, 2014
    ISBN9781464804076
    MENA Quarterly Economic Brief, July 2014: Predictions, Perceptions and Economic Reality - Challenges of the seven Middle East and North Africa Countries described in 14 Charts

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