Middle East and North Africa

Civil Society Analysis

• IFIs and the Middle East & North Africa: A Primer for NGOs, Bank Information Center, October 2007 (BIC website) (Acrobat PDF 224 KB)

• Did You Know? Private Sector Participation in the Water Sector: The Role of the IFIs in the MENA region, Bank Information Center, September 2007 (BIC website) (Acrobat PDF 132 KB)
• Did You Know? Trade and Private Investment in the Energy Sector: The Role of the IFIs in the MENA region, Bank Information Center, September 2007 (BIC website) (Acrobat PDF 142 KB)
• BIC's Middle East & North Africa Program, Bank Information Center (Acrobat PDF 56 KB)

• مركز معلومات البنك : برنامج الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا (Acrobat PDF 147 KB) 

• The Role of IFIs in the MENA Region: A Brief Overview, Bank Information Center, March 2007 (BIC website) (Acrobat PDF 224 KB)
• Extractive Industries and Energy Projects in MENA, last updated May 14, 2007 (BIC website) (MS Excel 264 KB)

Official documents

• MENA Region Strategy Paper, World Bank, August 2004 (WB website)
• World Bank Annual Report 2006, MENA Region, World Bank (WB website) (Acrobat PDF 506 KB)
• MENA Strategy, International Finance Corporation (IFC website)
• IFC Annual Report 2006, MENA Region, International Finance Corporation (IFC website) (Acrobat PDF 381 KB)
• FEMIP Annual Report 2005, European Investment Bank (EIB website)
• FEMIP for the Mediterranean: 2006 Results, European Investment Bank (EIB website) (Acrobat PDF 390 KB)

Press

• World Bank moves into the Middle East by Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service, July 16, 2007 (IPS website)
• World Bank calls on MENA countries to deepen structural reforms, Xinhua, April 15, 2007 (People's Daily website)

Official WebPages

• World Bank's MENA webpage
• IFC's MENA webpage
• European Investment Bank's FEMIP webpage
• African Development Bank website
• Islamic Development Bank website

IFIs and the Middle East newsletter

• IFIs and the Middle East Issue #1, April 4, 2008