Nobody even considered looking at MENA states last year, as news of Arab Spring-related crisis, instability and the Iran conflict dominated the headlines.
But buried amid the negative headlines was the regional governments' resolve to continue pumping funds into their respective economies.
That strategy appears to have paid off, combined with a sustained bout of higher crude prices, which has raised fiscal and current account balances for most of the oil-rich Gulf states.
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