| MENA COUNTRIES(MENA is Middle East and North Africa)
Middle East |
BANKING PROFILE | OIL | TRAINING ACTIVISTS, ETC. (DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE) For 2006 -2008 (last year available)U.S Government ——————à| <——-Soros | ||||||||
| Central Bank controlled by their govern-ment | Financial Center for Islamic Finance | Number of Islamic Financial Institu-tions9(banks + mortgage etc) | Market Share of Islamic Financial Institu- tions | Oil Bourse-market not selling oil in US$ | Reserves Of Oil182007(millions of barrels) | USAID +State GJD + NED2006-2008 (millions of $)15 | Population In 200816(millions) | (USAID + State GJD + NED) dollars per 1000 people | MEPI – regional projects, not by country (U.S. + Soros) | Open Society Institute(Soros – $ by country not avail-able) | |
| Bahrain | yes6 | 40 | 10%11 | 125 | $ 0.6M | 1.1M | $550 | Yes | Na | ||
| Egypt | 3 | 7%12 | 3 700 | $ 156M | 74.2M | $2100 | yes | Na | |||
| Iran | yes1,2 | yes7 | 16 | 100%7 | X | 136 000 | $ 38M | 31M | $1230 | $7M20 | X |
| Iraq | until20043 | 2 | na | 115 000 | $1638M | 31M17 | $52840 | na | Na | ||
| Jordan | 7 | 10%12 | 1.0 | $55M** | 5.9M | $9320 | yes | Na | |||
| Kuwait | 78 | 32%11 | 102 000 | $ 0.2M | 3.4M | $60 | yes | Na | |||
| Lebanon | 6 | na | 0 | $ 48M | 4.0M | $12000 | yes | Na | |||
| Qatar | 20 | 22%11 | 15 000 | $0 | 0.8M17 | $0 | yes | Na | |||
| SaudiArabia | 38 | 37%11 | 262 000 | $ 2M | 24.8M | $80 | yes | Na | |||
| Syria | yes5 | 6 | 1%12 | 2 500 | $ 7.5M | 19.6M | $380 | $5M20 | Na | ||
| Turkey | 5 | 7%13 | 300 | $ 5.5M | 74M17 | $70 | yes | Na | |||
| UAE | 43 | 17%11 | 98 000 | $0 | 5M17 | $0 | yes | Na | |||
| Yemen | 4 | 31%14 | 3 000 | $ 8M | 24.3M | $330 | yes | Na | |||
| TOTAL FOR MID EAST | 2 | 2 | 268 | na | 1 | 737 600 | $321 without Iraq | 299M | $1070 without Iraq | na | Na |
| North Africa | |||||||||||
| Algeria | 2 | 15%10 | 12 000 | $2M | 34.6M | $58 | yes | Na | |||
| Libya | yes4 | 0 | 0% | 42000 | $ 0.6M | 7.3M | $82 | yes | Na | ||
| Morocco | 112 | 1%12 | 1 | $ 22M | 32.6M | $670 | yes | Na | |||
| Sudan | yes | 30 | na | 5 000 | $ 171M | 38.2M | $4480 | yes | Na | ||
| Tunisia | yes8 | 3 | 1%12 | 400 | $ 1.1 M | 10.3M | $110 | Yes | Na | ||
| TOTAL FOR N. AFRICA | 1 | 1 | 36 | na | 0 | 59 400 | $197M | 123M | $1600 | na | |
| TOTAL FOR MENA REGION | 4 | 3 | 304 | na | 797 000 | $518M | $422M | $1230 | $110M19 | $90M*** | |
· Reserve Life = reserves divided by annual production
** includes similar projects from the Millenium Challenge Corporation
*** an estimate based on information on the OSI website –expenditures by country are not available
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