Tamanna Dalwai – författare

According to World Bank (2021), the economic recovery post-COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has been uneven and tumultuous. Reasons for this include exposure to oil-price fluctuations, the impact of pandemic, public demonstrations, and political instability. Although the MENA region encompasses a variety of countries — wealthy, stable and oil-rich countries such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar as well as less secure countries such as Iraq and Syria — it plays an important role in the global economy.Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region explores the trends in finance and banking of the MENA region, including theoretical and empirical perspectives from researchers around the globe. The first part of the book explores numerous reforms in the region's banking and finance, including digital technology, financial technology (fintech) and green finance. While financial inclusion in the Gulf Cooperation Council is much higher, the other countries in the MENA region have yet to overcome this trend, and the second part of the book provides specific case studies of ways in which banks have contributed to the region. The final section of the book considers macroeconomic factors and financial development. Together these perspectives enrich the discussion of facts and development challenges in the finance and banking of the MENA region as a whole.

This book focuses on the latest developments in digital finance and its contributions to the sustainable economic development of emerging economies. It discusses the various perspectives of electronic finance, and the role of financial technologies in supply chain management, investments, banking, and in MSMEs. It covers emerging topics such as applications of blockchain technology in the management of financial flows, recent developments, sustainability and trends in the application of artificial intelligence in the financial services sector, emerging fintech products like crowdfunding, and cryptocurrency, their important role in enhancing economic development, and sustainability. It will benefit society, stakeholders, corporates, and regulators.