Analysis

Report: Staggering Estimated Cost of Air Pollution for the Middle East Reaches $141 billion a Year

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• 2. 9. 2022

Air pollution is costing the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region countries as much as 2% of total economic output per year, a World Bank report said, which said that MENA nations should curb fossil-fuel subsidies, provide cleaner transport and create markets for emissions.

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  Overwhelming Interest in Saudi Security Company Elm’s IPO; Institutional Investors 69.5x Oversubscribe

  SUSTG Team  |  2. 1. 2022

  Elm, a digital security firm owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, drew $57 billion in orders for its IPO from institutional investors, according to Bloomberg, in what appears to be the latest evidence that the appetite for middle east stocks continues to run strong.

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  Report – Global Islamic Funds Market has Grown by More than 300% Over the Last Decade

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 27. 2022

  The global Islamic funds market has grown by more than 300% over the last decade to nearly reach $200 billion in assets under management, according to a new report from the Bahrain-based General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI) as reported in Reuters.

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  Saudi Arabia’s Stock Market Holds Near 15-Year Highs; Goldman Sees Saudi as Region’s Busiest in 2022

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 24. 2022

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  Goldman Sachs is ‘Extremely Bullish’ on Commodities Amid Potential Decade-Long ‘Supercycle’

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 6. 2022

  Goldman Sachs’s global head of commodities research Jeff Currie told Bloomberg today in a televised interview that the bank is “extremely bullish” on commodities amid a supercycle that has the potential to last for a decade.

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  The 966 Talks Energy, Renewables, and Climate with Energy Expert Kate Dourian

  SUSTG Team  |  1. 5. 2022

  The 966's first "topical" discussion format is with energy expert Kate Dourian, non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington and contributing editor at MEES, the Middle East Economic Survey. Kate is also a former editor and veteran journalist covering energy and more in the re

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  Facing Omicron Variant Surge, Saudi Arabia Steps Up Precautions, Increases Vaccine Requirements

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 30. 2021

  Wasting no time in attempting to get ahead of the Omicron variant of the Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia moved forward with new rules and requirements aimed at protecting people within the Kingdom's borders - and the Saudi economy.

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  Part 2 – The 966 Exclusive Interview with Fahad Nazer, Spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy in Washington, D.C.

  SUSTG Team  |  12. 20. 2021

  The 966 features an exclusive, two-part interview with Fahad Nazer, spokesperson for the Saudi embassy in Washington. In Part 2 of the interview, the hosts ask Mr. Nazer about a wide range of issues, including about Saudi Arabia's students in the US, Iran, Saudi Arabia's relationship with Israel.

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  The 966 E13: Tapping the strategic petroleum reserve, Saudi Arabia’s Covid-19 response, and ‘sportswashing’

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 29. 2021

  On this week's episode of The 966, the hosts talk about Saudi Arabia's upcoming EDM festival, called Soundstorm, the start something big for women's soccer in the Kingdom, President Biden's decision to tap the SPR, Saudi Arabia's enviable Covid-19 response, and "sportswashing."

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  Saudi Arabia is Currently the Most Affordable Country in the World to Buy a Home

  SUSTG Team  |  11. 11. 2021

  Saudi Arabia is the world's most affordable country to buy a home in 2021, according to a new study from a Britain-based building supplier.