OPINION/EDITORIAL

Gulf Countries Should Maintain Reform Momentum, Despite Oil Boom

IMF COUNTRY FOCUS November 29, 2022/IMF Photo credit: HansMusa/Getty Images Additional revenues from higher energy prices could help the region achieve long-term prosperity by maintaining the recent reform momentum GDP growth for Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE—is expected to more than double, […]

Kolmani Integrated Development Project Attracted Over $3Bn in FDI

November 28, 2022/CSL Research According to BusinessDay news report, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday flagged off the crude oil drilling on Kolmani Oil Prospecting Licence (OPL) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field sites in Bauchi and Gombe states. The president noted that over 1 billion barrels of oil reserves […]

Bridging Data Gaps Can Help Tackle the Climate Crisis

Credit: IzzetNoyan/AdobeStock November 28, 2022/IMFBlog Climate Change A new data gaps initiative will play an important role in addressing climate-related data deficits Bo Li, Bert Kroese November 28, 2022 A famous physicist once said: “When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know […]