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Pushing Private-Sector Potential
As governments across the Middle East battle economic headwinds, the private sector has emerged in force
to take non-oil growth forward. TRENDS analyzes this regional paradigm shift and what it holds for the future.
By Alkesh Sharma, Dubai
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