Economics and Policy Lebanon’s economy may grow faster than economists expect this year, the country’s central bank governor has said. More from Bloomberg But a World Bank forecast that predicts Lebanon’s unemployment rate will double in 2014 is still underestimating unemployment, according to local economists. More from The Daily Star Qatar's real growth in gross domestic product slowed slightly to 6.0 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2013 from 6.2 percent in the first, dampened by a drop in global oil prices. More from Reuters Egypt has received $7 billion out of the $12 billion in aid pledged by Gulf countries, its central bank governor has said. More from Reuters Companies and Business Three Gulf companies recently have been banned from working on projects associated with the World Bank under its corruption and fraud policy. More from Arabian Business Dubai’s Majid Al Futtaim Holding,
