Gil Feiler: Youth and Desert, Gebunden

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The people who will run the Middle East in 2050 are already born. By mid-century, Egypt will have more than 160 million people, Iraq and Yemen will grow by more than half, while Iran and Turkey will already be aging like Europe. The region holds most of the world's cheapest oil yet faces its scarcest water and a climate warming twice as fast as the global average. And the 2026 war showed how quickly it can all change. Youth and Desert is a clear, data-driven guide to the forces that will shape the Middle East and North Africa over the next quarter century: demography, oil and the energy transition, water and heat, the Gulf's bid to move beyond oil, and the race to create millions of jobs for a generation of educated young people. Drawing on official statistics from national agencies, the UN, the World Bank and the IMF, it ends with three scenarios for 2050, Integration, Stagnation and Fragmentation, and the signposts that will show which path the region is taking. Essential reading for investors, executives, policymakers and anyone who wants to understand the region beyond the headlines.