TY - BOOK AU - Hussainey, Khaled AU - Dalwai, Tamanna TI - Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region SN - 9781800614727 U1 - 332.10956 PY - 2024/// CY - Singapore: PB - World Scientific, KW - Banks and banking KW - Finance N2 - Handbook of Banking and Finance in the MENA Region explores the trends in finance and banking of the MENA region, including theoretical and empirical perspectives from researchers around the globe. The first part of the book explores numerous reforms in the region's banking and finance, including digital technology, financial technology (fintech) and green finance. While financial inclusion in the Gulf Cooperation Council is much higher, the other countries in the MENA region have yet to overcome this trend, and the second part of the book provides specific case studies of ways in which banks have contributed to the region. The final section of the book considers macroeconomic factors and financial development. Together these perspectives enrich the discussion of facts and development challenges in the finance and banking of the MENA region as a whole ER -