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MENA and the Global Energy Conundrum
Rabah Arezki
Harvard Kennedy School
Adnan Mazarei
Peterson Institute for International Economics
Rabah Arezki is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. Previously he was chief economist and vice president
at the African Development Bank, chief economist at the World Bank’s MENA region, and chief of the Commodities
Unit at the International Monetary Fund.
Adnan Mazarei is a nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Previously he
was a deputy director at the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund. Much of
his work on this paper was done when he was academic visitor, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University.
The authors are grateful to, Steven Fries, Victoria Perry, Mark Plant, Nasser Saidi, and two anonymous referees for
discussions and comments.
https://www.cgdev.org/publication/mena-and-global-
energy-conundrum