The transfer of a 4% stake in Aramco from the Saudi government to the Public Investment Fund will not diversify government revenues away from oil as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman would like to claim and is only likely to further increase the opaqueness of the public finances. Elsewhere, the increasing tensions between Russia and Ukraine could threaten global supplies of agricultural commodities to North Africa, with Egypt appearing particularly vulnerable.
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