Where developments in Arab capital markets are concerned, it has all too often been a case of one step forward, two steps back.
Volatile oil prices and constraints on government spending have been encouraging Arab states to open up their economies to private and foreign investors. But the leisurely pace adopted owes much to the deep cash reserves of these oil-rich economies – and also to the need to support legal and regulatory structures.
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