Coastal cities across the MEASA region face a future where climate-induced risks are no longer distant threats but unfortunate present realities. 2025 August 14, Jana Ahmed Kamel, “Silicon Sands & Swahili Shores: Coastal Climate Adaptation in Lusail City and Stone Town”, in COP30 Simulation, The British University in Egypt:
Our study reports that the MEASA region stocks have produced exceptional returns and returns relative to risk compared to MSCI Emerging Markets stocks, Frontier Market stocks, and World Index stocks during the January 2003 to September 2017 time period. 2020, Robert A. Gillam, Russell Read, “Investing on the "Far Side of the Moon": Capturing Capital Market Inclusion Opportunity across MEASA (Middle East–Africa–South Asia)” (chapter 26), in John B Guerard, William T Ziemba, editors, Handbook of Applied Investment Research (Handbook in Financial Economics; 9), World Scientific, →ISBN, pages 725-741:
Overcoming a strong preference for cash in the MEASA region will be imperative to move towards a cashless economy. 2017 November 27, Adam Green, “The Next Frontier: The future of finance in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia”, in Economist Impact, Economist Intelligence Unit, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026: