The IMF’s World Economic Outlook next week will highlight global growth that is marginally stronger on account of robust activity in the US and in many emerging market economies. However, there are still plenty of things to worry about, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said.

In 2023, the 1.8% rise in real terms was the latest in a series of annual increases in Official Development Assistance (ODA) provided by members of the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee (DAC)

The IMF and World Bank, whose figures the analysis is based on, estimate the countries focused on collectively owe $431bln, mostly to wealthier governments, the IMF itself and pension and hedge funds

The deficit is estimated at 170.940 million m3. The fill rate reached on this same date 36.3% with dams of the north feeding water at a rate of 43.7%

Muscat – Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al Busaidi met with Bakhtiyor Saidov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as part his visit to the Uzbek capital Tashkent to take part in the second ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the countries of Central Asia.

With the majority of the projects being delayed during 2023, oversupply is projected to exceed 2 million sq m GLA, which may continue to put “downward pressure” on the performance of the commercial sector