Countries in the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) region and those in the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with swift and stringent ...

Growth in the Middle East and North Africa region will slow to 3.1 percent in 2023, from 5.3 percent a year ago, and to 4.2 percent in the Caucasus and Central Asian states from 4.8 percent last year.

The economies of the Middle East and Central Asia (ME&CA) proved resilient in 2022, despite a series of global shocks. However, this year—and potentially next—growth is expected to slow in the Middle ...