Scott Livermore

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FDI is in an important pillar of growth and diversification agendas across theMENA region and, in particular, in the GCC. Several countries have set...

Signs of the GCC’s strengthening recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic continue to emerge. The PMI for Dubai rose to its highest level in over two...

Expo 2020 starts in the UAE on October 1 and will provide a significant boost to the economy. Although international visitors may be lower than...

The Delta variant is causing concern globally and is becoming significant in the Middle East. It now accounts for most of the cases in Bahrain,...

Bahrain locked down again on 27th May after a surge in new Covid-19 cases, despite having one of the world's highest vaccination rates and the...

Over the past week, there has been a series of announcements about plans in the GCC to ease lockdown and travel restrictions. These include Dubai...

Climate change is an increasingly important issue in the GCC region and is receiving a sharper focus in growth and diversification plans in countries...

The GCC provides an interesting case study of how the vaccine programmesimpact upon the response of countries to rising new cases of Covid-19....

New cases of Covid-19 in the UAE and Bahrain have begun to edge down astighter lockdown conditions and rapid roll-out of vaccines start to take...